Need some advice

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So my hen Raven decided to hoard some eggs and she actually hatched 2 of them ♥️
Problem is another hen got in the nesting box so she put her 2 chicks on the floor and abandoned the other 6 eggs. 2 days later the eggs were still abandoned and I decided to take them out and throw them out because they were cold. Then I thought I was losing my mind because I head a faint chirp....Lord above there was one egg that had pipped....me and my daughter set up a warm place in the house with a heat lamp and a sponge for humidity and the chick successfully hatched yesterday morning 🙌!
My question is.... Do you think my hen will include her with her other 2 chicks? I'm afraid she may kill it or hurt it....but this chick is all alone and the other 2 chicks are really learning the ropes from their mama.
 

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If you are going to try and get her to adopt it, I would recommend placing the third chick under her at night so when she wakes in the morning the new chick is part of her flock. I would recommend you be there to in the morning when she wakes up so you can supervise and intervene if necessary. I grafted 4 chicks to a broody (took out the fake eggs in the middle of the night and slipped the chicks under her) and it worked great.

And congrats on your new babies!
 
If you are going to try and get her to adopt it, I would recommend placing the third chick under her at night so when she wakes in the morning the new chick is part of her flock. I would recommend you be there to in the morning when she wakes up so you can supervise and intervene if necessary. I grafted 4 chicks to a broody (took out the fake eggs in the middle of the night and slipped the chicks under her) and it worked great.

And congrats on your new babies!
I tried ...didn't work😔 but I did just introduced her to my teen Polish crew.... Success! So I guess she'll think she's one of my fancy feathers 🤣♥️
 

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