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Just a catch up.......so, all four eggs rolled out and seemed to get stone cold. I took everyone's advise and put them back under the hen and crossed everything. On day 22 two teeny weeny bantam chicks appeared and the hen continues to be a wonderful mother. The other two eggs were in fact not...

YAY!!!! She is hatching out two of the eggs so far.....she has sat for 23 days on Bantam eggs but as they rolled out of the nest and got cold, presumably she had to make up for lost time. I am so pleased though, I was convinced that they were all dead but so far one live chick, one half way out...

It was entirely my fault....the piece of wood forming the lip had been removed as the nest was so deep it all seemed safe but of course when the hen went to turn the eggs or just turn around herself, she must have nudged them out. I will not give up on them yet.....if they are non viable, will...

Thank you so much. I will do as you say but will wait to see if the eggs had indeed got too cold to survive. I candles them last night and I think one is non fertile (seems empty!), the other three are so close to hatching that they look just black and have an air sack. But I see no movement...

THANK YOU! I will go hunting for chicks tomorrow but will candle the eggs this evening when it is dark. Can I put the chicks under in place of the eggs tomorrow? Do I take the eggs away and move the babes in straight away? Thank you so much for your help. XXX

I am so so sad, the eggs under my broody rolled out from under her and are stone cold. I put them back under her and she is happily sitting on them. How long can the eggs stay alive after leaving the nest?