Broody hen has accepted her chickies! Unfortunately, she accidentally crushed one during the night, but that’s just the risk we take sometimes. I went outside this morning at dawn to make sure she didn’t peck them again, and she was acting very gentle and sweet when they popped their little...
I have a Wyandotte hen that hatched a brood of chicks last year successfully, and she went broody again. So, I put some day old hatchery chicks under her tonight. She seemed to accept them, but she did try to peck at a couple of them, and even pulled one around by it’s leg. They are all cozy now...