Mama is essentially just returning to the nest at night to sleep with the hatched chicks. The eggs just happen to be in the nest. When a broody leaves the nest with hatched chicks, she's done "sitting", it may seem that she might be coming back to "sit" because she's on the nest, but that's her chosen spot to hunker with the chicks.
It's good the other one has hatched, hopefully the others will arrive shortly. I'd hate to see just a lone chick like that. Doesn't sound like Mama is interested and if that's the case, then she may decide to try to make the chick go away. Broodies sometimes do that.
Keep us posted on how it goes.
It's good the other one has hatched, hopefully the others will arrive shortly. I'd hate to see just a lone chick like that. Doesn't sound like Mama is interested and if that's the case, then she may decide to try to make the chick go away. Broodies sometimes do that.
Keep us posted on how it goes.