Our chickens are very prolific. Every year they hatch out oodles of new chicks. We have a few to sell, a few to butcher and a few replacement hens. This year we have 38 new members in our flock...so far. We still have two hens setting and a duck. (Our ducks hatch out the chicken eggs, too. They want to be moms.)
Two days ago, we had a hen hatch out a total of 16 new chicks. That's a record for us. She's just a little bantam cross, so how did she set on all of those eggs???
We've taken 9 of them and put them in the brooder. She keeps misplacing them. :) She still has 7 with her.
I only count six here, but one must be on the other side.
The little chicks are hers. The bigger ones were abandoned by someone else. We have a lot of people wanting chickens this year. Things are working out well. What a blessing.
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I love it when our hens go broody and hatch out their own chicks. This is the first year in a long time that hasn't happened, but we know it's because our girls are most likely getting too old. That's why we started new chicks (purchased from a hatchery). We picked two breeds that are known to go broody so maybe we'll be good again for a few years of hatching our own.
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