Two of our Buff Orpington hens went broody a few weeks ago so we collected up 17 white leghorn fertile eggs and put them into the incubator. Three weeks later, 15 chicks hatched though one died in the incubator. The chicks were introduced to the two broody hens to be foster mothers. This went well except one of the chicks died. The brood is now well established in our former quail house and the chicks are growing rapidly.
Meanwhile we have another two Buff Orpingtons gone broody. The are currently sitting on fake eggs while 16 Rhode Island Red eggs are in the incubator. Hopefully lots more chicks hatch in just over a couple of weeks.
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