Easter Egger Broody Hen is the best

[Sage874]

I bought a broody hen w/chicks this past spring.
She recently went very broody so I slipped half the guinea eggs under her.
Low and behold 2 in the incubator hatched over nite and are great!
Went out to the hen house and all but 1 of hers have hatched! Good girl.
Now I am wondering if I should place the other eggs under her?
I put the 2 from the inside hatch under her, she is SO happy! I love to hear her talk to em.
I cleaned away the shells whilst she chowed on a nice raw piece of sweetcorn.
Should I leave em be? This is SUCH fun!

 

[Sage874]

well between momma and the incubator we had 10 but lost 2, so a 50% hatch rate and she did better than I did. All 8 are out with her now.

 

[Sage874]

Momma Broody and her daughter are taking very good care of the guinea keets.
It amazes me how even tho they are 2 different birds she knows what to do and they just do what guineas do!
Very cool!