To produce a baby chicken, you need a fertilized egg. Fertile eggs will only hatch if they have been incubated – and this takes 21 days of careful incubation under specific conditions. There are different ways to hatch fertilized chicken eggs, but by far the best way is how Mother Nature intended – allowing a broody hen to hatch and raise her chicks. But just how do you hatch chickens under a broody hen?
Broody Hen
How to Stop My Hen From Going Broody
Has your supply of fresh eggs from your backyard flock of hens dwindled?
Broodiness may be the culprit – and there are plenty of reasons why you should “break” a broody hen.
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