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Within a flock it is good behaviour for a broody to protect the chicks from nasty behaviour from the other hens. There are two ways of bringing up chicks with a broody. Separating as you choose or letting them work it out for themselves. If you separate its more easy now and more difficult...

How sad.😢 A brooder is indeed the best /safest if the broody rejects the chicks.

Congrats it worked with the incubator chicks and the first hen. Two broodies next to each other, one with chicks and the other on eggs didnt work for my broodies. I had this twice and both time the broody who sat on the eggs started to peck the little chick(s) as soon as they walk around. If...

Some chicken keepers do put chicks under a broody hen. This is not always successful though. Some broodies start to peck the chicks very hard because they know it aren’t her chicks from the eggs she was sitting on. If the chicks are not accepted you need to separate them immediately before the...