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Thanks! So, before your reply, I decided to intervene with the lone chick and reached in and picked it up and set it right next to my hen. Within short order, it was back under her. All seems well as she has moved around the pen area (8' long by 2' wide) sitting down in a couple different...

OK, we're now Day 22, and here are where things are at: Seven chicks have hatched She's come off the nest this morning about 7 am or so (that's been at least 48+ hours since we saw our first chick) Of the three remaining eggs that I can see, I don't see any activity on the eggs - like in the...

Hot off the presses! We have a chick!! My son came running to me in the shop with his phone and said, "Look at this! Look at this!". We watched the video stream together and there is definitely a chick in there. It is all fluffed out and was moving around her and then climbed back in and buried...

@aart I just ordered a candler now - it'll be here tomorrow morning. At $25 for a cordless one, pretty inexpensive tool all things considered. Seems like a good thing to have on hand for myself and if I ever need to help friends out.

No, I have not. I really debated about that, and maybe I should have. I guess just jitters about my first go at it here and with my lack of experience, wanted to err on the side of doing less and more to nature. That said, I think my next try at hatching eggs will likely be an incubator (since I...

I have, I checked some of the bigger hatcheries as well as local. I didn't see from the major ones, availabilities with the breeds I'd order matching up to my expected dates here. They seemed to be either too early or late by a week or so. I do have, though, the local place I bought the...

No, she’s never used the water or feed this whole time. I marked the water and leveled the feed and neither were ever touched. I did freshen the water each day. I guess, technically, she did take a couple nibbles of the feed, but that was on her way back in from when I took her out to the run to...

Well, we've reached Day 19 today - everything seems on track. A couple days ago, I installed some inexpensive "under counter led lights" under the droppings board and in her pen area. I have the lights set on low, and they are connected to a Wyse Smart plug. If we get some little hatchlings, I...

I had some time about mid-afternoon today, so I took the broody girl out into the run. She did really well as always. Growled at everyone, went to the bathroom multiple times, and ate and preened again. All total, was probably 35 minutes in the run or so. What's nice is I can just hang out in...

So, short update here. Yesterday was the 3rd full day since she's last gotten off the nest - and that was me taking her off and putting her in the run. My plan today is to take her off her nest, but keep her in her pen area and make sure she sees the food and water. She should be used to that...

Thanks, that's good insight! I'm definitely asking a lot of questions up front since I haven't been down this path, but it's mainly to make sure I have things set up early to the best of my abilities and then let it run. I definitely don't want to over think it too much as a lot of it will be...

I thought I'd update everyone here on what I did today. In short, everything is going well. This morning I decided to put the Wyze cam that I already had in her pen area on a cloud subscription. For $1.99 a month, it's super cheap to now have cloud recording for her camera. That will let me...

OK, good to know! Yes, she’s seen that food bin and waterer before - and used them. It was the setup I had for them when the four of them were getting first integrated into the flock. It was in the “be seen but not touched” phase. Maybe today when I put fresh water in it, I’ll make a fill line...

I thought I'd post an update here - it's been a few days and we've had a few developments. The broody hen and I have come to a few compromises. Early this week, I was gone for a few days. I left her be in the nest she has chosen with a few unfertilized eggs to keep her busy. I made a new nest...

Yeah, I wondered about that. Probably 20-25 minutes is all. I was definitely hoping she’d not care at all, but that might have been too short to give her the time she needed to warm up to it. Since I’ve never seen her broody before, I don’t have a feeel for her dedication. I sure wondered...

Thank you everyone for the great replies and feedback. I'm learning a ton of information! Friday was quite busy with work and I've had a few things come up that has delayed me a little bit. I have to take care of a few things early this week, so my new plan is to give her some eggs on Thursday...

I have a Buff Orpington that went broody on Tuesday night. She has picked the primary nest box, of course, to make her place to set. For the last two days, I have picked her up in the evening, and removed the eggs under her. She's been collecting eggs because a few of my other hens have sort of...