Yes, the hen is careful not to squash the chicks. Hens sit on the clutch of eggs for three weeks without crushing them. Once the chicks start to hatch the hen is extra careful and often gets adjusts her position. The hatching chicks will stay under the mother hen for a few days and even when they venture out, they will dive back under her for protection.
No, if a fertilized egg is not incubated by either the hen or the farmer than the egg will not hatch.
No. A broody hen will hatch a brood of chicks the way nature intended. Incubators or a brood hen are the only two ways to get chicks, egg won't hatch into chicks without the proper conditions of heat and humidity for 21 days.
Brood hens hatch chicks. A brood is a collection of baby chicks hatched by one hen.
A brooding hen is when a hen is raising chicks, protecting them, teaching them to find food, and hovering over them to keep them warm.
No The hen has no idea which eggs are fertile or not. Once the chicks hatch the broody hen will roll out the bad eggs to clean the nest and make room for the chicks to stay warm and safe.
Springtime is the usual time to start a hatch. It depends on where you are and the weather conditions. Plan for the clutch to start incubation when temperatures reach above zero continually so the newly hatched chicks do not suffer from extreme cold. Naturally brooded chicks will use the broody hen for a heat source for about 3 weeks after hatch.
Leave them alone and let the mother do her job. Your hen will continue to lay on the eggs a few days after the first ones hatch. The chicks will tuck themselves up under her to stay warm and the hen will keep them and the eggs warm while waiting. Good luck!
It was done naturally in most cases, allow a broody hen to set the eggs for 21 days.
Definitely NO because hens egg is chicks before hatching and when hatched when it grow up it is already rooster if the chick is a boy but if it is a girl it is a hen..
While a hen is sitting on her eggs, she will stand up off of them for a moment, and roll them. This is important to help the chicks hatch out helathy and strong.
Chickens lay eggs all the time, but these are not usually fertilised. When a cockerel mates with a hen, the eggs become fertilised and then, if the hen sits on them or if they are incubated, chicks will hatch.
A broody hen is the term used when a hen is ready to sit on and hatch eggs, or is already sitting on eggs or has chicks. Basically, a hen in a 'mothering mood'. You can tell she's broody by the deep clucks she makes, her fluffing up her feathers and possibly squawking when anyone (including the rooster) comes near, desire to sit on eggs, and of course, if she already has chicks.
does it really matter ??