Broody rejected eggs, NO INCUBATOR!!! HELP!

[LisaJean]

My broody hen has rejected the eggs she has been setting on for the last two weeks. The nest has been torn apart, and the eggs scattered everywhere. I HAVE NO INCUBATOR! Can I jury-rig one? Right now I have the eggs in a large bowl, paddded with moist towels, under a heat lamp.

What else should I, can I, do?

 

[Sillystunt]

my only suggestion is a crock pot on warm.....99-100 degrees and 40 humidity.
that's all i got~

 

[LisaJean]

Ingenius!!!!!

 

[keljonma]

Are you sure the broody hen did that?

Candle the eggs to make sure they are fertile. Whenever our broodies break up a nest or kick eggs out of the nest, it has been because the eggs weren't developing.

 

[Sillystunt]

this is true~ but some are just BAD mothers...

 

[LisaJean]

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Oh they're all fertile. In fact some of them are peeping.

 

[Sillystunt]

CROCKPOT and

 

[saddina]

Make sure you know what the warm setting on your crock pot is, mine is 140....

 

[chickenmum]

Electric skillet with a towel under eggs maybe... but we didn't really have much success with that.... Maybe go with the crockpot...

 

[Casey3043]

I don't know how warm they get, but one of those heated beds for a cat might work in an emergency. They don't get as warm as a heating pad, so there would probably be no danger of overheating the eggs. You can buy them at Petsmart.

CASEY