Broody hen stealing eggs, will she kill babies that aren’t hers

Autmizak

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Jun 19, 2017
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My Rhode Island Red hen is now broody and she is collecting eggs. She won’t sit on the green eggs so she leaves them out but she sits on all the brown, & light tan ish ones. My question is, will she kill the babies that aren’t hers once their born? She is sitting on 10 eggs.
 
Broody hens want to hatch as many eggs as possible, and so will try to take any eggs they see. They even try to hatch golf balls or anything round. They have no idea what baby goes to who, and most broodies don't even care if there chicks don't look like them. The only reason they would kill a chick is if one was not healthy, since they can see how healthy they are by their feathers.
 

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