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Is she a Silkie? They are made for this, used for hatching out eggs of even other species. We just did this, yesterday, with our Silkie who had never been a mom before. She was great. My dd found a hatching chick on Monday morning, a little before we expected, and so she pulled the Silkie out...

It's almost always worked for us, with one exception, but the hen should be about ready to expect chicks, she should have been broody for close to three weeks. Not sure how exact that has to be, 'cause we were never sure exactly how long they were sitting. We put half under two different...