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To: Clappy who wrote (83898)	7/15/2012 9:46:50 AM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 104145

g'morning clappy we use a brooder lamp to keep the chicks warm when we buy chicks too. in this instance, the hen will lay eggs until she has a clutch, then will stop laying and sit on them until they have all hatched generally within a day or two of each other. during that time, about 21 days, she is seldom off the nest - maybe 15 minutes a day. now that they have hatched, she'll walk around with the chicks following and if she's a good mom, she'll protect them. they say with first time moms sometimes they don't, particularly if they themselves have been incubator hatched. we might have to take this chick (or two if another hatches) away from her and raise them ourselves, but i hope not.