Our (super cool) experience hatching chicks at home with a broody hen!

This is Cream Puff, the heroine of a chicken love story. Cream Puff is a Chanticleer hen. She was hatched here two summers ago from a clutch of eggs that were given to me and raised by one of my Silkie

 I am often asked how to prevent chickens from sleeping in the nest box. In general, this is because perches are lower than nests.  All you have to do is install them higher. Otherwise, close

Northern Areas of Pakistan Life at my Farm Mother Hen with her Family The most appropriate times for eggs to hatch in a natural way are autumn, that is October/November, and spring which is March/ April