One of the "leftover" eggs from my broody hatched in the incubator. She has a tendency to collect eggs the others have laid, and while you could say "Maybe the other hens are laying in her nest," she also collects all the fake eggs.
The other chicks are a week old.
Baby hatched yesterday morning. I kept her in the incubator until last night and slipped her into the nest.
Well, slipped is a misnomer, since she was screaming the whole time. Made Mama very upset.
This morning they're one happy family, so looks like it worked.
Last time the baby imprinted but she didn't. Still allowed the baby to sleep with the others, no pecking, but she was indifferent to it.
She's an amazing broody. I've given her live chicks as early as 8 days, grafted babies a week after the others hatched, and never had her reject a chick. She raises them to be excellent foragers.
