Broody hen, storm is coming?

[Farmlife16]

Also, did the mother take the hatched chicks with her?

 

[FeatherTay]

Yes use the incubator!

 

[docdubz]

I dont know what day all the eggs are on, I didnt even know the nest was there until just before some of them hatched. She moved the 4 hatched chicks with her qbout 30 feet from where the nest was. She was on the eggs at 9 last night but i dont know what time she moved. A couple of them felt slightly warmer than the air. So hopefully they are still viable.

Follow up question: if I hatch them in the incubator do you think I could introduce them to her? I need to go out of town next week so setting them in a brooder wont really work out.

 

[Farmlife16]

I've heard that you can place baby chicks under the mama at night, but it is hit or miss if she will accept them. I would think that the longer you wait the more likely it is that she won't accept them.