heat for eggs

Theyre hatching! We’re 3 years into chickens and finally got a broody momma who hatched out! So far 4/9 have hatched. It is 60-75 here during the day and 40-55 during the night. I have the momma (still sitting but doing well with her babies) and her chicks in a separated brooder coop. It’s...

The girls sit on the fertile eggs seldomly. We have a small property of half acre and let our girls and Roo "free-range", if you will. They are, for the most part friendly birds. Some a little more of a "lap hen" than others but all of them know we aren't going to hurt them. (4 hens/1 Roo/1...