Can I give new chicks to a hen that already has 2 day old chicks?

[Chiko]

I have a Bantam hen with 3 new chicks. And I'm thinking about giving her 7 more. Will she accept them?

 

[sonew123]

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I have done this a few times with my bantams but only adding a few more. Id be a tad nervous with adding 7 more Thats just me though. If you put them in with her at night. stand guard for a while and make sure she takes all of them. BY morning they should be ok. I gave a broody momma who hatched out 1 chick on her own-put 17 babies under her I had just shipped in and she raised them all like a pro! She was a GLW big fat girl

 

[Stingrayg4]

I had a black austrailorp who hatched four chicks. I gave her five more that I had hatched in an incubator, they were three or four days old at the time. After a few nervous seconds of her staring them down, she raised up a little and they all wiggled under her. No problems at all.

-S

 

[Chiko]

Great Thanks!