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Thank you all, we decided to use a brooder instead since the hen seems to have rejected 4 and killed one earlier today. The broody hen has now gone back to being her usual self and is ignoring the chicks.

We already placed the chicks under the hen that went broody first, then transferred her eggs to the other hen that only had 3 eggs to see if she will hatch them. She seems to have accepted them, we checked until late at night and they seem fine. One of the top 2 hens did come and sit next to the...

They are right next to each other. One has been on top of her eggs for 5-7 days the other started 3 days ago. Regarding the eggs, they hatched yesterday night and today in the morning.

All my hens were either bought, 4 black Australorp, or hatched from incubator, 3 Wyandotte mix (2 are broody and setting on eggs) and 1 White Orpington. This is the first time 2 of my hens went broody as we were hatching some in the incubator and I don't know what to do. They are low in the...