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I have an evolving chick crisis I am so confused by--apologies in advance for my ignorance here. About 5 hours ago I opened my nesting box and found one of the broody hens had gone off her eggs. I was shocked to see two chicks had hatched--our rooster was taken by a fox more than 3 weeks ago...

Thank you! Another broody hen has taken over now--I have let them go for the time being.

If yes, how? I don't have an incubator but I have a heat lamp (which I'm using to try to save the two chicks that hatched that she abandoned). I gather time is of the essence here with keeping the eggs warm?

thank you. rats, I hope I didn't already blow it--they've been directly under for about 20 minutes. will move now.

Hi, friends--we had a surprise this morning. I went to check for eggs and found two hatched chicks--they had been under a hen who has been broody for several weeks but who apparently abandoned them when they hatched. I thought they were dead but when I picked them up I realized at least one of...