Broody hen and incubator chicks

[1christinaann]

I have a broody hen who’s been sitting on eggs 21 days I have 2 eggs in incubator that are peeping can I put them under hen now or wait till they hatch?

 

[junior67]

I have a broody hen who’s been sitting on eggs 21 days I have 2 eggs in incubator that are peeping can I put them under hen now or wait till they hatch?

if they haven't pipped you can put them under her now. Or you can wait and after they hatch and fluff up and put them under her but you will need to watch to be sure that she accepts the chicks. Most likely if she is a good mom she will take to them no problems if hers are hatching at the same time.

Last year I had 1 that hatched 1 and I gave her the 1 that hatched in the incubator the same day. She took it no problem. Also had 1 that hatched 4 and at the same time I hatched 14 in the incubator and I gave her the incubator ones.

 

[1christinaann]

if they haven't pipped you can put them under her now. Or you can wait and after they hatch and fluff up and put them under her but you will need to watch to be sure that she accepts the chicks. Most likely if she is a good mom she will take to them no problems if hers are hatching at the same time.

Last year I had 1 that hatched 1 and I gave her the 1 that hatched in the incubator the same day. She took it no problem. Also had 1 that hatched 4 and at the same time I hatched 14 in the incubator and I gave her the incubator ones.

She is in coop with other

if they haven't pipped you can put them under her now. Or you can wait and after they hatch and fluff up and put them under her but you will need to watch to be sure that she accepts the chicks. Most likely if she is a good mom she will take to them no problems if hers are hatching at the same time.

Last year I had 1 that hatched 1 and I gave her the 1 that hatched in the incubator the same day. She took it no problem. Also had 1 that hatched 4 and at the same time I hatched 14 in the incubator and I gave her the incubator ones.

this is my first time having a broody chicken she has been in the coop with the other chickens and we lost an egg and baby due to another chicken stealing her eggs so I threw her eggs in the incubator and replaced them with eggs from the incubator that I just started. Today the two eggs are peeping and cracking. I just moved her and the eggs to a separate pen in my mud room. But I wasn’t sure about giving her the 2 peeping eggs.