If you are looking to place newly hatched chicks with a hen, you could save yourself some work and give them a more natural experience. Introducing chicks to a broody hen requires some guidance but ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...

A worried mother is often called a mother hen, and new research is showing how true this expression may be. When her chicks are in distress, a hen will react physically, showing empathy. "It's very ...

A worried mother is often called a mother hen, and new research is showing how true this expression may be. When her chicks are in distress, a hen will react physically, showing empathy. "It's very ...

A study of domestic hens and their offspring, conducted by researchers at the University of Bristol, in southwestern England, found that the female chickens became distressed when their young were ...

This is the adorable moment a doting mother hen uses her wings to shield her babies from the rain in India. Footage widely circulated online shows the dedicated mother standing in the middle of the ...