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She may but it concerns me that she left them. In my experience broody hens are fiercely protective of their babies. As in a hen who may be a lap chicken under normal circumstances may attack you if she thinks you’re going after her chicks. You can try locking her away with no eggs and leave the...

A hen being broody is hormone related. It’s usually better to wait and get chicks at or around the time the eggs should hatch. If you don’t let the broody go through the entire cycle they may not accept the babies. At this point you’d probably do well to raise them yourself and try again the...