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3 chicks hatched, waiting for them to dry off to put them and the other unpipped eggs in with the hen and chicks. Hope all goes well....

One successful hatch, and 2 pipped this morning! Yea!

Still at least 2 alive and pecking. I'll try to set up my hen better so I can put eggs back under her today. Should I leave the ones that have broke through their shell in my makeshift incubator?

I'll know that for next time :-) There are a couple of them pecking holes in the shell, so we'll see...

Ok, thank you :-)

She is not very nice, she was really hard to move. The other reason I moved them is because there isn't a place to put food and water for them inside the box. I was hoping they might have a chance since they are chirping still... She is in an area now where there is room with food and water...

I have had chickens (hens & roosters) for a few years, never had a broody hen until now. She was a chick herself back in February, so she's a first time mom. I heard chirping in the chicken coop and saw that some eggs had hatched, 11 of them. I wasn't really prepared for this at all! 3 chicks...