Using a Broody Hen for the First Time

[The Happster]

Sorry, I guess I could have been more clear, they both hatched fully, but they both died... On the plus side, it's actually just one hen who's in the coop and laying on eggs now(and she's laying on a majority of the ones I wanted them to hatch). Hopefully, the next few days go okay. I might try and figure out how to set up a small dog cage in front of her, so that the others can't get to her, and so the chicks can't wander off either...

That's why I asked....I was afraid that was what you meant.
Sorry to hear that.

 

[Madie'sOddFlock]

That's why I asked....I was afraid that was what you meant.
Sorry to hear that.

It's okay, it's disappointing, but it just makes me hope even more that she'll hatch out at least one so I can be excited about it. The ups of farming wholly make up for the downs.