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Pic of my hen caring for 2 chicks (1 hatched day earlier) waiting for other 5 to hatch. She stayed on to hatch them all. .. Just make sure you don't block her in so she can get off nest to poo if she wants too. Or she may try to poo and end up in the nest, clean up promptly.

If all eggs were infertile then I guess they could sit forever waiting for hatch day, but if 1 chick has already hatched then wouldn't it be likely the hen get off the nest to care for chick? That's what has happened in my experience so I place food and water beside her so she will stay till...

If you had them under her a few days after other egg then it will be a few days later they hatch, have food and water beside hen so she can feed and drink without getting off nest and show the already hatched chick food.. Mine were 3 days apart and she just continued to sit while feeding the...