Crossword Clue:

of a hen to produce eggs

Answer	Crossword Clue
INCUBATIVE	Like the period when a hen sits on eggs
LAY	Produce hen fruit
LAYER	Hen, vis- -vis eggs

CHICKANERY	Slipping eggs under the hen?
NOTTEACH	"The eggs do ... the hen": Russ. proverb
OVULATE	Produce eggs
LAY	Produce eggs
LAY	Produce, as eggs
OVULATE	Produce reproductive eggs