Exactly. Another one has just hatched in the incubator, will let her fluff up and pop her under mum early morning. I just hope my other 5 eggs get a move on during the night.
Is that the hen from when the first chick hatches 4 days or till the chicks your adding are 4 days old?
I have just put the hatched chicks from the incubator under her and she was fine, its dark so will find out more in the morning. They are all the same colour so hopefully there will be no...
I had 7 eggs under a broody and 8 in my incubator. They have all hatched under the hen. But in the incubator only 3 have hatched and the other 5 eggs have no pips yet?!? Today is day 21 so there is definitely still time. I was hoping to put all chicks under the broody but she is ready to take...
Thank You! She is the best hen! So friendly and a good mum. I let her raise chicks the first time she went broody this year in February which was freezing so she did amazing to hatch 6 out of 6 and those chicks have just started laying!
Here she is earlier in the year:
Since then she went...
Day 7! The eggs that were sent dont look great quality. shell wise. But I did candle one and there was growth!
This is the 4th time shes been broody this year.