I need help on pairing up chickens for breeding!

[olijo123]

Hello! I need some advice and help! I have 16 bantams. And they free range but at the moment their pen is being built so any time now they will be fenced in. We recently bought a rabbit hutch on sale at our local feed store. We bought it for the bantams so whenever I have a broody hen or chicks I can keep them separated from the other chickens. So, lately I have been having a lot of my friends who all have chickens saying "Oh! I love that rooster!" and "Omg! I love your silkie hen!" And so basically to sum it up people are wanting me to pair certain bantams together and incubate the eggs. I thought I would try it out but I have a few questions. I thought I could put a hen and a rooster in the new rabbit hutch and keep the two in their and when the hen lays her eggs I could take the eggs and then let them out. I have never done this before so this is all new to me! Is this a horrible idea? If it works, How long do I keep them together? Thank you!