Can I move hen and eggs.

[RWise]

So these real eggs that you turn each day. Are these eggs that you have checked to ensure they are fertilized? Is the only requirement is that you need to turn them three times a day(Do I need to keep them at a certain temp as well, for example)

I cheat, I use a turner that goes into the incubator, which constantly moves them.The eggs are stored at room temp (72*-82*F) until I have enuf for the run (or a broody sets down). Once an egg has been checked for fertility, I fry it, so the eggs are assumed to be good from inspecting others previously.

 

[fistfullofnails]

I cheat, I use a turner that goes into the incubator, which constantly moves them.The eggs are stored at room temp (72*-82*F) until I have enuf for the run (or a broody sets down). Once an egg has been checked for fertility, I fry it, so the eggs are assumed to be good from inspecting others previously.

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I got myself a rooster recently and he has been mating the hens. I'm hoping that one of my hens goes broody so I can have some chicks the natural way. I don't how that if one does go broody, that it will affect the others. I have two nesting boxes and seven hens. They mostly use just one of those boxes. If a hen does go broody, I'd like to separate her and put her in an isolated A-frame chicken tractor. But I do not want to separate any of them unless one actually goes broody. So, if one happens to go broody, can I just move her and the eggs to the other coop, or will this possibly have a negative effect? Is there a certain method to go about moving her and the eggs?

If you get a hen who wants to sit then by all means have her start sitting in a stand alone nest that can be easily removed to a small pen for the 21 days it takes to hatch chicks.
This is how all chicks are hatched in 100% natural conditions because the hens steal their nest away from each other and this means that the mama hen can sit in private.