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Well, one more egg hatched and the first chick switched Mom's on me! Both chicks are in with one broody and now the hen that hatched the first chick is still setting. Maybe that will work out for the best. Still not sure if all of these eggs are viable or not. Will give them a few days and see.

I have done that before. I removed 11 chicks and when number 12 hatched, the hen hopped off the nest leaving 1 cold egg. I gave the chicks back to her, cracked the cold egg and the chick was alive! I kept him in a blanket under my arm for hours until he was warm and dry and fuzzy. He thought...

Maybe if this hen wants to get off the nest again (right now she's still setting) I'll give her eggs to the other broody??? The other broody hen is very determined brooder and a very good mom. That will give her six eggs total and better odds at hatching some of her own!

Its funny, I almost thought there weren't any eggs in the nest at first, then I noticed that she had sort of "buried" them in the straw in her nest. When she came back to the nest, she dug them out of the straw and gathered them underneath herself! Maybe she buried them to keep them warm while...

My broody hatched one chick a few days ago and got off the nest with the little one today. She did go back to the nest then and tucked the remaining three eggs underneath her. I checked the eggs and they were not "cold" but not very warm anymore. Are the eggs still viable for hatching? I...