Can I move my hen and her 1 chick away from the unhatched eggs?

[Gossie]

I have a blue silkie hen named Caroline who has a chick that hatched 2 days ago and she is still sitting on 3 other eggs. She is slowly starting to abandon her nest to care for the little chick named Pancake. She went broody on June 8th and was sitting on 1 silkie egg. Then the next day, I put the other 3 eggs under her, so hatch day is today (Pancake hatched a day early). But because she keeps getting off her nest, is keeping the eggs under her worth it? I want to move Caroline, Pancake, and Dot (Caroline's very friendly mate who's been missing her) into a bigger and cleaner cage for her to raise Pancake in. The sooner I can move them, the better, but I don't want to move them if there is still a chance of them hatching. I candled them on day 18 and 2 of the eggs she is sitting on looked right. 1 of them didn't have an air sac. What are the chances of these eggs hatching even though she isn't sitting on them 100% of the time?

 

[nchls school]

I have a blue silkie hen named Caroline who has a chick that hatched 2 days ago and she is still sitting on 3 other eggs. She is slowly starting to abandon her nest to care for the little chick named Pancake. She went broody on June 8th and was sitting on 1 silkie egg. Then the next day, I put the other 3 eggs under her, so hatch day is today (Pancake hatched a day early). But because she keeps getting off her nest, is keeping the eggs under her worth it? I want to move Caroline, Pancake, and Dot (Caroline's very friendly mate who's been missing her) into a bigger and cleaner cage for her to raise Pancake in. The sooner I can move them, the better, but I don't want to move them if there is still a chance of them hatching. I candled them on day 18 and 2 of the eggs she is sitting on looked right. 1 of them didn't have an air sac. What are the chances of these eggs hatching even though she isn't sitting on them 100% of the time?

If the hen has not been getting off the eggs for long periods of time where the eggs get absolutely cold I would take the chick from her temporarily. Without the chick to care for the hen will go back to brooding full time and if the eggs are still good they will, hopefully, hatch. The chick can be put under a heat lamp for a day or so and then returned to the mother when you know for sure if the other eggs will hatch or not.