A few years back when we still had some laying hens we had one in particular that was pretty broody. I would pull several eggs out from under her every day, her's and a few of the other hen's. One day I decide to let her go ahead and set them out so I marked the 9 eggs she was sitting on with a Sharpie. Each day after I would pull any eggs that weren't marked. After 3 weeks they started hatching, 7 of the 9 hatched, I tossed the other 2 after several days and it was apparent they weren't gonna hatch. I was hoping for 4 or 5 new layers, but all 7 of them darn chicks turned out to be roosters.
They did eat well.
