I just love momma hens! Congrats! She did a fine job. I didn't have a great success rate this year, My hens played musical nests. So a hen was never on the same nest she started out on, so next time I have more then one broody, I will mark the eggs,or try to move the broodies to the broody pen i have!
It is crazy when 4-5 hen are broody at once!
I had one hen hijack a nest, she was only broody a day, or 2 when a chick was born, boy was she confused, all she wanted to do was set on eggs, so i had to move her with the baby and take the rest of the eggs away. She ended up ditching her baby, when another momma's hatched, that momma adopted the baby though, even though it was clearly bigger then her peeps!
Good luck, momma hens do a great job mothering their young!

Those Buffs make great moms. Have a few here we let set, they were excellent mommas.

Congratulation on the new additions.
Brendasue

Thanks, I think she is an excellent mother as well. She has rooted and scratched an entire bale of straw out all over the floor of the part of the coop she is in. She puffs all up when I go in there and constantly clucks and chucks to her babies. They mind, too, unlike their human counterparts, LOL. Lori

Yes if my kids listened that would be such a blessing. Of course my grand daughter is such a genius and I am so dumb. She does not need anyone. Well she wants my money but not my advice.

Next lifetime I will be a mother hen. That will fix my grand daughter's clock. She will be a chicken. We will see how smart she is then.

Congrats on the new babies! That is so sweet! None of my hens would set on a nest this year. I might get a few different breeds next spring.

Sheryl, the Buff Orpingtons love to brood, which can sometimes be a pain. I've got an Amaraucana and a Production Black that are also trying to brood but I won't let them. Production Blacks aren't supposed to want to go broody but she always has been the broodiest of my hens. You might try a few of the Buffs, they are excellent layers when they aren't trying to become mothers :) Lori