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I had this same situation with success. 4 chicks just hatched out April 6th.
I ended up taking all the eggs and the broody hen and moved her to her own brooding box, so the other hens stopped laying eggs on her!
Currently I'm wondering if any of the other eggs will hatch as it seems she has given up and scattered the eggs all over the box :-/
Tempted to candle them and incubate indoors if I see any are growing inside.
If you are worried about the temperature drop, they should be okay...I just had a lady say she had success from refrigerated fertile eggs
All mine were outside under the mama when we had the temps drop below freezing for a week. Central Louisiana.
I ended up taking all the eggs and the broody hen and moved her to her own brooding box, so the other hens stopped laying eggs on her!
Currently I'm wondering if any of the other eggs will hatch as it seems she has given up and scattered the eggs all over the box :-/
Tempted to candle them and incubate indoors if I see any are growing inside.
If you are worried about the temperature drop, they should be okay...I just had a lady say she had success from refrigerated fertile eggs
All mine were outside under the mama when we had the temps drop below freezing for a week. Central Louisiana.