Anyone ever seen hens "co-brood" eggs?

[SilkiesInSuburb]

My silkies do this all the time. It's hilarious to see them squealing when get the eggs, it's like a hen keyboard.

 

[BoyTheRooster]

We've got two sisters from the same clutch co-raising chicks at the moment, they're orpington/faverolle mixes. They sat on the eggs together too. The grey (blue?) girl is Lady Jane and the black girl is Concrete

Lady Jane has co-raised a single chick with another hen before, and has raised chicks on her own. She's an excellent mum and she's also the most aggressive hen we have. She's never attacked a human, other then a peck on the hand when was she sitting on the eggs. But she left our poor rooster a bit bloody when he got to close to the chicks. (He's fine now, and hasn't been near the chicks since). She'll also chase off the other hens if they get to close, and Concrete will gather the chicks up under her and wait until Lady Jane is back. They're very sweet

The chicks are about 8 weeks now, these photos are a little older, but I'm not at my parents place to take more

 

[diamondsilkies]

I had a silkie and a golden laced wyandotte do that once. They hatched out a couple chicks and successfully raised them together. Sometimes one hen would take the chicks and let the other go on a break, and vice versa. It was super sweet and they ended up being really good moms!

 

[coloradowildflower]

Our chickens did this all the time when I was growing up. The chicks sometimes had a couple "Aunts" that would help with the brooding. Hilarious.