Broody Chicken and hatching chicks

[ChichiZ]

Hi,
We have 8 Hens and one Bantam Pekin Rooster. All of them are about 8 months old. (Six out of the 8 hens laying)

Our Plymouth Rock hen has gone broody within the last week.
We were originally going to break her out of the broody cycle, but decided to let her hatch a few chicks.
We have given her four eggs laid by two of our regular sized Isa Browns that he think our rooster has fertilized.
But recently we have read that Bantam Roosters cant fertilize eggs laid by regular sized hens.

We are not really sure what to do and really just want to break our hen out of the broody cycle by letting her hatch chicks.
We are relatively new to the chicken world so any tips or advice would be much appreciated
Thank you very much.

 

[two j farm]

How long has she been sitting? If not to long just give her more eggs. Or you can buy day old chicks and put them under her at night. She will never know she didn't hatch them.

 

[Pork Pie]

These links should help you determine if the eggs are fertile

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
http://horseshoe.two61.com/files/2013/04/fertile-eggs21.jpg

 

[ChichiZ]

How long has she been sitting? If not to long just give her more eggs. Or you can buy day old chicks and put them under her at night. She will never know she didn't hatch them.

She has been sitting on them for one day. We are thinking of giving her chicks if these don't hatch, but we are curious to see if we could hatch our own chicks first. Is it possible for him to fertilise the Isa Browns?

 

[ChichiZ]

These links should help you determine if the eggs are fertile

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
http://horseshoe.two61.com/files/2013/04/fertile-eggs21.jpg

Thank you very much for those, should we let our isa brown hens lay, then check if those eggs are fertile and if they are give our broody hen the next eggs those hens lay?
Thank you so much for your help

 

[Pork Pie]

Thank you very much for those, should we let our isa brown hens lay, then check if those eggs are fertile and if they are give our broody hen the next eggs those hens lay?
Thank you so much for your help

Sure, there's no reason why not, and you are most welcome

 

[ChichiZ]

Sure, there's no reason why not, and you are most welcome

Will do sounds great Thank you