One of my bantam Orps is broody for the third time. This time I decided to order chicks for her instead of giving her fertile eggs to sit on. I'm pretty sure she will accept them with no problem, since she has done it once before.
I ordered 8 chicks but the breeder sometimes sends extras so I may end up with a few more. My question is, how many large fowl chicks should I give her? I have had a bantam Orp with 7 large fowl chicks before, but would she be able to cover 10 or so? I'm in California so it's pretty warm, but it usually gets down into the 40's at night.