Who owns chicks hatched from eggs laid by a usurped hen?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Usurpation

Book 22 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If a hen is usurped, and she lays eggs which the usurper then incubates resulting in chicks, both the eggs and the resulting chicks belong to the original owner of the hen. The usurper is entitled to no compensation for the feed (*'alaf*) provided to them.