Another chick question

[brains]

2 silkie hens sitting on eggs and 2 chicks. Moved both hens, chicks and eggs inside to get away from everyone else.
Both hens were fighting so I moved the youngest back outside. Should I put the eggs back outside also or will one hen care for 2 chicks and 14 eggs?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

If a hen is sitting on eggs that won't hatch pretty much immediately that needs to be her only job.

Raising chicks needs to be done by a mobile hen.

 

[brains]

Would a heat lamp above the eggs work? And if so what temp? What should I do move eggs back out to the other broody hen?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Would a heat lamp above the eggs work? And if so what temp? What should I do move eggs back out to the other broody hen?

No because they need humidity.

I would put them under a broody hen asap.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Before I had an incubator, I finished off some eggs in a cardboard box lined with aluminum foil with a heat lamp hanging over it. I put a bowl of water in each corner. Most of the eggs hatched, all but one if I'm remembering correctly. The hen sitting on them got up and left them after a few chicks had hatched. Some of the eggs were already pipped when I'd found them.
But I do agree, it would be best if one of the hens hatched them, if that's still a possibility. But, sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Good luck!