broody hen quit

[Eyeshot]

i got a broody hen (finally) and she sat on some eggs for a week, but than today she moved to a different nesting box and started sitting on those eggs instead, im not sure how long shes been on the other eggs, at least a couple of hours so i moved her back to the first nesting box. so...

--will the chicks in the eggs in the first nesting box die after a couple of hours without a hen on them?

--and will that couple of hours on the other eggs start new chicks forming?

 

[sourland]

The original nest of eggs should still be viable. Hens sometimes get confused as to which nest box they are setting in - they see a clutch of eggs and think, "Oh those must be mine." If possible it is best to isolate a setting hen from the rest of the flock. Also if eggs are collected frequently she will have no option other than to return to the proper nest.

 

[Eyeshot]

That's nice to know, thanks