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7 out of 10 is a very good hatch! 70% Anything above 50% is good. Early in this adventure there was an egg that seemed to be cast aside - did that egg hatch? I think you handled everything right! Once mine leaves the nest, they are done brooding. I think it is the movement underneath them that...

OH The MOST EXCITING TIME!!! What fun. So happy for you.

No matter how well you make a fresh nest, mine have never liked mine and made her own. I do agree with, just leave her alone. You can go in and listen carefully for some peeping. Do resist trying to get a peak or a count. I would not do an incubator it is too late for them. Did you scope out...

I think you were wise to leave it, this time. Next time, pick it up, give just the tiniest of shakes, if it is sloshy, it is a no go. You might be able to check it with a flashlight, but not the dark brown eggs, or at least, I never have luck with candling them. It is so sweet when she goes...

She is not eating because she does not have food and water available or does not know about them, she is not eating as she is in an almost hibernation state. I would let her out into the run with the other chickens. SHE knows where the food and water is there. She will be almost unable to stand...

I have set a lot of hens, and never lost a hen. It works for them.

Also I would not worry about the feed, I think it is kind of like a hibernation mode. They just sit there, and the best thing is not to bother them too much. I have worried about water when we had some scorchers over 100. I did not get a good hatch, I think was too hot. Sometimes I could get her...

Truthfully, they tend to sit tight. I move mine about every third day. But I don’t have mine in lock down, so she may get off unbeknown to me. I just check 2-3 times a day. A camera would be fun. If you let her go out into the run, I would not worry about the light.

I just want to laugh, AArt is a respected poster by me, and we do things so differently. I WOULD want her out in the run with the other birds at least every other day. She needs to stomp around and terrorize them. She needs to dirt bath, and she needs a little sunshine and fresh air. This...

It is tricky. If you lock her in, or if you leave her be. If you give the layers a new box, ten to one, they will love it, mine always love a new nest. And if you check every two or three days it will work.

There are 100 ways of doing this, and we all have a different way. I am glad you realize that not every egg will hatch, there is truth to the old saying, 'don't count your chickens until your eggs have hatched." I have found, that I get a better hatch rate with closer to 8 eggs, verse 12 eggs...