Can I move chicken eggs from a broody hen in order to clean the coop?

[Tazman99]

Title says it all. I'm letting a hen hatch three eggs since no one collected them the past week while I was showing at the fair. If the eggs are fertile they will be polish/ not sure what the hen is, she is black with a tiny barely a bump size comb. I want to clean the coop (Or at least the egg area), there used to be mice but after found the nest I think I scared them all off.

 

[Jakrzz]

I would honestly do everything AROUND the hen. I wouldn't want to disturb a broody hen!! They're very nasty sometimes. But maybe when she gets up to eat/drink/poop you could QUICKLY pick the eggs up, put them in a safe place nearby and do your thing with her part of the nesting box. Then out the eggs back, that's what Id do
Good luck!

 

[Tazman99]

What I ended up doing was leave some straw by the nest, about a foot or so and she started spreading it.