We have four hens and a roo. Our Light Sussex successfully hatched two eggs and happily took back a third which we hatched in the incubator after she left the nest.
We separated her from the flock into a rabbit hutch and then when the chicks were a few days old we moved them into a small nest...
We have four hybrid chickens - all about 12 months old plus a two year old cockeral. Our light Sussex girl has been broody a few times so we decided to let her set this time.
We moved her to an old rabbit hutch where we could keep a better eye on her after about a week of sitting on eggs.and...