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alternatively, if you already have chickens one of the hens may incubate the eggs for you if they have gone broody (you will notice that they are trying to sit on eggs that they have laid themselves and the eggs of the other chickens). However, in some cases the strain of sitting on eggs can cause the hens condition to deteriorate rapidly, we had to remove the eggs from one of our hens (Pocahontas) because she had become so sick.
Hatching
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Raising your chicks
also if you already have chickens you could try to introduce one of the hens to your babies, in many cases the hen will take the chicks in as her own and look after them for you. However, they can sometimes tire of their mothering duties and begin to peck the babies so keep a close eye on them’
Make sure that you use a shallow drinking dish incase they fall in or put sterile stones in the bottom
