I have an update on our chicken saga. Out of 6 eggs we gave our broody hen, 1 she broke early on, 4 hatched, but she crushed one of them, and 1 didn’t hatch. So we were left with 3 beautiful chicks, all healthy. 50% success rate, same as last year (only with more eggs). Also, we are unsure if those three are hens or roosters - basically a straight run. So today, hubby took the afternoon off and came home with 4 Australorp pullets. We kept them warm in the greenhouse until this evening when mama hen was calm and ready for bed. We quietly put them in with her and the other 3 babies, and she adopted them as smoothly as warm butter on bread! Checked a few minutes later, and all 4 pullets we bought today, were comfortably resting under their new mama! YAY!! #chickens #pullets #simplehomeandhearth #homesteading