Day 20 under the Broody - Cheap Cheap

Just leave it all to your broody, they are brilliant at hatching chicks.   :happy:

When you have a nice little brood of fluffy chicks is when a bit of care from you really pays off, you just have to make sure she has everything she needs to do a good job.  :happy:

Good luck, are they a special breed? :happy:

So exciting, hope you have a good hatch.  Can't wait to see your fluffy chick pics!   

photo (hopefully if it works)

it worked  .
Now please leave the broody alone, she will sit for a few more days so that the others will hatch and then she will bring them out for food and water. The chicks can go for at least 72 hours without food and water so don't worry. If she goes back in and sits away from the other eggs then discard them - she doesn't think they will hatch and won't sit on them anymore.

Chick update

a third egg hatched sometime yesterday, unfortunately i found it dead on the coop floor quite away from the nest.
Not sure if it had come out of the nest and couldnt get back in and got too cold or died in the nest and broody had quicked it out.
Bit dissapointed as it was a female chick.
This leaves 2 eggs in the nest, not sure if they have hatched or will hatch.
When i put the other birds away last night i could hear a frantic cheaping, one of the 1st chicks had got out of the nest and couldnt back in (there is a lip at the edge of the nest boxes) popped it back near broody and all is well. Broody has been eating a little, no poop yesterday and i'm not sure if she is drinking.

In the incubator - (copper blacks and welsummers) came down this morning to 2 fluff balls copper blacks. there was 2 other eggs that  were showing early signs. went out for 20 minutes and both chicks were fully out when i got back - missed the action. I thought it would take hours.
still lots to go yet