We're still having some trouble with our incubators, but when I work that out, I'll post about incubating eggs . However, when we do managed to hatch some eggs, we've been pretty good at looking after the chicks from then onwards! For those of you with reliable broody hens who take care of the incubation and chick rearing process, you're very lucky and you don't need to know anything about this post! But as we raise Rhode Island Red and White Legborn chickens that are not known for their mothering abilities, we have to do all the work ourselves in order to sustain our little flock. We collect eggs in spring until we have enough for the first incubator run and aim to hatch about 12 chicks a season, so we do as many runs as we need until we have enough chicks (this should only take one run, but as I mentioned above, it hasn't been easy this year). The aim is to get about 6 new replacement hens and 6 roosters to grow up and eat (and maybe one to replace t...