Game hen help

[Coledavis21891]

I have a claret hen with a younger Stag in a good-sized coop I'm using a milkcrate for a nesting box with a curtain around it she has laid 17 eggs and stopped laying a few days ago but will not set on them she just turns them occasionally should I wait for her to set or put them in a incubator I would rather her hatch them thank you

 

[aart]

If you really want them to hatch, put them into an incubator...tho some may be too old to bother with.

 

[adstowe]

Agreed. If your goal is hatching them, incubator. She's not broody and you have no way of knowing if she will be anytime soon (or ever). She may go broody with the next clutch, but if you want to hatch from this one, it's incubator time.