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    How long will a hen "mother" her brood?

    This is Treacle with her first, second, and now third brood of chicks:
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    How long will a hen "mother" her brood?

    That's funny because my favourite broody always seems like she is sitting on the nest under sufferance and can't wait for the babies to hatch out already. This summer/autumn Treacle the Asil sat for seven weeks after two batches of eggs from ebay didn't develop and she would look at me like...
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    How long will a hen "mother" her brood?

    Yep. She's so good at protecting the babies, but that also means she is vicious to my other chickens until the babies grow up! You should see my rooster running scared when she's mad. :)
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    How long will a hen "mother" her brood?

    I have an Asil hen who mothered her chicks for four months the first time and three and a half the second time. She's with a third batch now who are seven weeks old and I'm waiting to see how long she will look after them. I can't imagine the chicks being independent at five or six weeks like...
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