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We actually just hatched one chick today from an incubator, and two other eggs look like they're ready to hatch. I'd thought about introducing them to the broody girl, but wasn't sure how she'd take to them. I've read some horror stories about trying to get hens to bond with newly hatched...

I have an almost mature hen (11 months) that I'm pretty sure is going broody. She's extremely protective of her favorite nesting box, clucks to her eggs, pecks at everyone (but me) whenever they check for eggs, started plucking her chest feathers, and I'm pretty sure she's stopped laying. The...