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If a hen does not broody, she will usually NOT raise chicks. But you may be able to brood the chicks in the coop, where the hens can see them from the very beginning, and let them mix from an early age. Here is an article by one person who does that successfully...

Maybe, but I don't think it makes much difference. Spade the hen may be willing to accept new chicks, or she may not. Some hens do, some refuse, and you don't know until you try it. If you want to try it, I would keep the new chicks in the brooder until they can walk well, so they don't get...