We gave the broody bantam some laying eggs... now what?

[carabear133]

Hello! Our little bantam Easter Egger started going broody a couple weeks ago, and so we decided to let her give it a go! I found someone on Craigslist willing to give me fertilized chicken eggs for free (she loves her rooster and has always wondered what future offspring of his would look like). I put the four eggs under the hen on the 9th of April. If everything goes correctly we should hear peeps by the 30th at the latest.

I'm wondering if I need to provide extra warmth in the coop to help the bantam keep four chicks warm? We live in Seattle... lows at night are skirting the upper 30s/lower 40s. Any advice would be awesome, thanks!

 

[Judy]

No, no heat. The flock needs chick starter feed when the chicks hatch, with oyster shell on the side. Then feed grower or flock raiser to all. That's it.