A while back, we decided to put a hen on some eggs to try to hatch chicks. This involves isolating the hen, putting her in a solitary cage, feeding her everyday, and making sure she gets up and doesn’t poo on the eggs. After three weeks, Henrietta hatched two eggs and then abandoned the rest that she hadn’t eaten. Two days ago, we were sitting at the table eating lunch outside and Dani noticed a hen that wasn’t Henrietta trotting around in the front lawn with something behind her. Sure enough, it was the renegade hen that doesn’t like to stay in the pen with 8 chicks behind her. She had been sitting on them somewhere in the bushes for 3 weeks, completely unnoticed, and very much so succeeded. We tried making a hen sit on eggs and mostly failed, meanwhile a hen did it all by herself and hatched 8 beautifully healthy little chicks. We had a good laugh about this one.