Can you put eggs in the incubator after momma hen abandoned them?

[buffkota]

I have a hen that was sitting on a very large clutch. Two days after the first four hatched, she abandoned the other eggs to go down into the coop with the two chicks that survived. Can I put the rest of the eggs in the incubator to finish out the hatch?

Desperate!

 

[buffkota]

BTW, this just happened today and she has been off of the nest for a few hours.

 

[sheila3935]

I took one egg that was behind the others after someone laid in my broodys nest when she went to eat and drink. It was about a week behind. When the chicks started hatching I brought the late egg in. The chicks hatched a week ago Thursday and the last egg hatched Satirday morning. That baby is now with momma too.

 

[buffkota]

I think that is what has happened. So you put it in the incubator? Did you turn it or just leave it still like you do 3 days before they hatch?