Hen adopting a chick?

[HaleyAnn19]

I have this little broody bantam hen that we are thinking about giving a chick for her to foster. We recently had to give my sweet rooster away because of his rowdiness towards the neighbors and now she's alone. These are pets by the way so I only had a pair. I wasn't sure if there was a safer way of introducing the chick to my broody hen than slipping it under her at night. I want to be sure that she doesn't attack the chick or disown it. I don't think it would be warm enough outside for the chick to live without her being loving towards it. So is there a different way to introduce a chick to a broody hen so that she will accept it as her own? A safe way where I can be there if something go wrong?

 

[austinbndr28]

I have this little broody bantam hen that we are thinking about giving a chick for her to foster. We recently had to give my sweet rooster away because of his rowdiness towards the neighbors and now she's alone. These are pets by the way so I only had a pair. I wasn't sure if there was a safer way of introducing the chick to my broody hen than slipping it under her at night. I want to be sure that she doesn't attack the chick or disown it. I don't think it would be warm enough outside for the chick to live without her being loving towards it. So is there a different way to introduce a chick to a broody hen so that she will accept it as her own? A safe way where I can be there if something go wrong?

I have done this a couple of times and only once i had a hen not take the babies. I usually let the hen set for around 2 weeks on plastic eggs and then put the babies under her. I put ducks under her and she raised them.

 

[BexB]

One of my younger hens is broody, she only has 4 eggs. I was considering getting chicks to add to hers when they hatch. Didn't know if this was a good idea or not. I still consider myself new to the chicken world.

 

[sepaditty1]

BexB, that is what I am planning to do. I have a bantam sitting on 5 eggs. Our hen to rooster ratio is WAY off, so when her chicks hatch I'm going to get 1 or 2 sexlinks to stick in there with them. If only she would hatch all girls...