Broody hen/incubator question?

[4roosandahen]

Has anyone ever started incubating eggs then had a hen go broody? Can I move my eggs from my little giant and put them under the hen and let her finish the job?

Stephenie

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

Welcome to BYC !

I can't answer your question but this post will at least bump your post up for a better chance of a response!

 

[MissPrissy]

I have heard of it working. Just be prepared and know the risk of loosing them all.

 

[Marlinchaser]

I dont know about bator to hen, but I have moved from hen to hen so I wont have Lots of babies, same # of babies, just under 2 hens instead of one.

Edited to say I put half of ones already being sat on under 2nd hen.

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

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Hi Stephenie,

I had just the opposite happen. Neighbor gave me 3 fertile eggs to place under one of my broody hens, she sat on them for three days then in the 4th day I went to check on her and she was in another nest totally off the ones I placed under her. I immediately removed the eggs and put them in the only bator I had available, one of those mini "chick -bators." Whether this will work or not remains to be seen. I'd play it save and leave your eggs in your bator. My experience is a "Broody" hen is a "Moody" hen and may be unreliable!

Lori

 

[4roosandahen]

Thanks everyone for any help you can give me. I am a total newbie at this. As I write this I am now also having humidity issues with my still air incubator It is all the sudden only reaching 25% I have water in all the water wells and don't know what is going on(we are on day 2 of the incubation). So,I was thinking that if one of my hens or my friends got broody about now

the little peeps would have a better chance with a real chicken mommy instead of me. I guess I will just keep going.

Stephenie
BTW I only have these little precious eggs because we had a chicken/rooster massicure at my friends house. She had an absolute beautiful rooster that was killed

by a stray dog. Not to mention many of her hens that perished that day too, Very sad.....

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

Kudos to you for trying to save the eggs

Curse those darn strays for taking the lives of our feathered friends, seems we've all been there...

Lori