Question about how long hen will sit after 1st chick hatchs

WRBH

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Sorry, but I do have another question. I have a hen with 2 eggs under her, and 1 is in the process of hatching out right now. She is a sweet hen, was hand rasied so I'm am so happy for her, been fun to watch her 'talk' to her chick when it peeps at her. What I was wondering is how long will she stay on the nest after this chick finishes hatching. It's only day 19 for both of them so other egg might be a few more days before it hatches as well. It's been a long time, 20 yrs, since I ahve had a hen hatch eggs, so I can't remember. Thanks for any input.
 
I'm new at this, but just had my blue sumatra hen sit on 14 eggs, some of which were 3 weeks old when she decided to set. She sat until every one of them hatched. She wouldn't move for me to see the process, but I saw one little head and then more and more each day for four days. She has 14 healthy 4 week old babies.
 

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