This is an experiment I conducted to hatch out quail eggs by using a broody chicken. The concept is the broody hens will sit on the quail eggs and hatch them out so I decided to try this method of ...

I’ve tried using a foster broody hen to raise chicks, and it can make brooding chicks easy. To use a hen to hatch eggs (or foster chicks), you first need a broody hen. We’ve heard of different things ...

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 ...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. - The name of Jenn Tompkins' company sends customers into fits of laughter. "When I answer the phone and I say, 'Rent The Chicken, this is Jenn,' they giggle and say, 'I would like ...

The University of Delaware’s Horn Entrepreneurship invites submissions from UD students, faculty, staff and alumni for Hen Hatch 2018, the university’s premier startup funding competition.

The University of Delaware competition for entrepreneurs ends with the final seven teams pitching for a piece of $100,000 in funding. Hen Hatch, the University of Delaware’s startup funding ...

The University of Delaware’s Horn Entrepreneurship invites submissions from UD students, faculty, staff and alumni for the pitch contest Hen Hatch 2019. Registration and business concept submissions ...

We recently wrote about this year’s Hen Hatch winners, where medical science inventions ruled the roost. Now we’re doing a #tbt and checking in with one of Hen Hatch’s 2015 student winners. Gonzalez, ...

Jenn Tompkins holds a chicken at a Rent The Chicken operation in Mount Holly, N.J. In two years, Pennsylvania-based Rent The Chicken has expanded to three other states, plus Toronto.. AP The name of ...