Mother Nature always knows more than we do.

[Lelilamom]

Three weeks ago, to the day, I marked 8 eggs under a broody. She was never on the nest for a full 24 hours, often kicked out by other hens. Two more went broody and between the three, the marked eggs were almost always cold. I started gathering them and popping them under which ever broody happened to be in a nesting box, just to keep the broodies happy while I had 8 chicks from the feed store in a brooder in the house.
Welp, shows how much I know (Or don't know) about chickens, even after 13 years. I went out to collect eggs and one egg is pipping under one of the broodies.

Don't I feel stupid!

 

[alinas2010]

How about some pics of momma (which ever mom adopts them I guess lol) with the babies?

 

[Lelilamom]

How about some pics of momma (which ever mom adopts them I guess lol) with the babies?

Mom 2 has two chicks now. I took the rest of the eggs and put them under her along with her new babies.

I had originally put the 8 store chicks under mom 1 and she violently ejected them. They're too big now for any hen.