new chicks broody hen

I have a broody hen and so i’ve left her alone and just let her sit on some eggs. Well to my surprise just for fun i went to check the eggs since she was off them for a few minutes i picked one up shined my flashlight to it and it started chirping at me, and so did the next one. The next day...

Hello! I have 3 extra female-sexed specked Sussex chicks from my latest hatch that haven’t sold yet. $12 each. If anyone lives in California and would like to pick some up, they’re available once this posting goes live first come first served! I will update this posting when they are all gone...

I have a broody and her eggs should hatch in about eleven days (hopefully they are fertilized!) A farm supply store nearby is getting chicks a day before our eggs hatch, and I wanted to get a few new breeds. Can I put the chicks under my hen at night when the other ones start hatching? Would she...

My broody hen was sitting on 6 eggs, last Monday she hatched one egg. She kept sitting on the eggs so I thought maybe more of them would hatch, none did. Since she was still tending to the eggs I got 3 baby chicks and stuck them in with her at night. She took them right in, I went to check on...

Hello all! After a few weeks of our broody hen laying on a nest in our hay barn (I didn't want to move her, as I didn't want to stress her out) she has successfully hatched 6 little chicks! When we saw this, we moved her and her chicks to a safe little enclosure (pet carrier) as there are a few...