Amazing Broody Hens....

[chickens really]

Hello..Does anyone else know this trick?
I know some Broody Hens just love Chicks and accept ones early on. Has anyone tried the old fashioned farm incubator?
I sort of did today..My Silkie hatched and raised 4 Chicks till they were 6 weeks old and today I picked up 11 Speckled Sussex Chicks that were crying and crying..I went out to my Coop and brought in that Silkie Momma and she now is raising my Sussex Chicks....I totally am amazed she took them. I have an old friend who is 87 years young and raised chickens all her life. She told me this years ago and I never tried it before today...Tomorrow I'll call her and thank her for her amazing advice...

 

[LeoPig]

Wow! Good for your Silkie. She's a good mama! How old were the new chicks?

 

[chickens really]

Wow! Good for your Silkie. She's a good mama! How old were the new chicks?

Day old chicks..I got them today..

 

[chickens really]

Her just a couple of days ago with her Silkie chicks..Bonnie is a keeper..

 

[chickens really]

I knew of this way to incubate and prolong a Momma to raise Chicks but never really thought it works..

 

[chickens really]

Old people definitely aren't stupid and know many tricks....

 

[LeoPig]

Aww! They're adorable. Thank you for sharing

 

[Peppercorngal]

They are so cute! The new chicks and the old. I have a Buff Orpington, Maggie, who is mothering her three chicks hatched just 11 days ago. I have 8 eggs in the incubator and may want to try to introduce them to her in another 13 days! Maybe it will work? You story was a success, lets hope it will work for Maggie too! She has a entire coop and run to raise her chicks. She takes them outside everyday! I put little treats of grass, or mealworms in the run for her to find for the chicks. Thanks for sharing, especially the pictures!!