53

When a hen has gone broody , we have sat her on some eggs, 9 for the bantams and 11 for the larger hens. A clutch has ranged from 4  hatching (out of 9) to 10  out of 11.
The days are getting shorter  so we are unlikely to have any more going broody this year.
The mother and 10 chicks have been moved from where they hatch to the area we have netted to let them grow on a bit .

So the final count of hatched chicks is 53.  Some will be sold as Point of Lay pullets, some will be kept to eat the sheep parasites in the fields   and produce eggs to be eaten or sold, and some will, in due course, be converted to Casserole or Roast Chicken