Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks

Very helpful thank you for the help!

Excellent post.
You have covered everything that is needed to raise a happy chick and brooder hen...that is apart from the little problem I have at the moment.
One hen went broody and after a week of her pinching her sister's eggs to sit on with her own (unfertile), I purchased a couple of fertile eggs and swapped them over. She has now been sitting on the fertile eggs for 25 days. 1 egg disappeared last weekend and with no trace of it we believe it was eaten by her sister. The second egg she is still sitting on and refuses to move. Obviously the egg isnt going to hatch but do I leave it for her to decide and walk away or do I remove the egg?

Thank you for the great broody hen info. I appreciate the article & learned things I did not know. Much appreciated, good job!

Well written fully informational of the processes. Thanks.

Very helpful as I have my first broody hen sitting on some eggs in a far corner of the coop and not in the nest box. The bossy hen I have probably wouldn’t let her sit in the nest box so she found another place out of reach of my “egg collecting hand”.
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Very great article
Now our hens can hatch some chicks

No mess, no fuss, let the hen do the work, and there is just something so very neat about watching a hen with her chicks.

I'm a hatch by broody enthusiast. I've watched, and managed when necessary, lots of hatchings.
This article explains how it all happens very well. I particularly like the author mentioning something about how the 'natural' integration process works, although sometimes I have had to provide some assistance when the home coops have ramps.
Read this, have faith in your hens and chuck the incubator in the bin.

Great information about broody!!!

Thank you for the information. Super helpful as i am a new chicken owner and would like to do this at some point.

Love this nicely written article!

Pretty much a step by step guide on having a broody raise chicks. (Though I'm sure the broody doesn't need it ) Well organized and easy to understand. Another excellent article.

Great article, what I’ve experienced with suddenly all these broodies this year in my flock, I wish I’ve read this earlier to have avoided some eggs and chicks casualties.

I have a broody, this helped so much with all my worries!

Another excellent article!

Very informative and thorough. Great resource!

Thank you for an informative and very helpful article. It relieves some of my anxiety.

Awesome info on broody hens, hatching and chicks!!!!! . Super helpful thank you!!!