Chicken hatched one duckling now left the rest.

[Chiclovinwoman]

So I put 5 duck eggs under my broody silky. The first hatched 2 days ago and she kept sitting on them along with the duckling. But then I go out this morning and the baby and her have left the nest and the other 4 eggs are still in there. They are just start to get a chill to them. So I went in and removed tha baby hoping she would go back and sit on them. She has not yet. My question is should/could I put them under a broody duck or will it leave it’s nest that it just started sitting on like 2 days ago?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@shawluvsbirds @HollowOfWisps

Do you have an incubator?

The Silkie very likely will not go back and sit - she's hatched her baby, waited a couple of days and then determined that's that. She left the nest to provide baby with food/water and introduce them to the world, she's not going back to sit.

Not sure about putting eggs under a just gone broody duck (or chicken). It may work for hatching, but be ready to brood the ducklings yourself.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

So I put 5 duck eggs under my broody silky. The first hatched 2 days ago and she kept sitting on them along with the duckling. But then I go out this morning and the baby and her have left the nest and the other 4 eggs are still in there. They are just start to get a chill to them. So I went in and removed tha baby hoping she would go back and sit on them. She has not yet. My question is should/could I put them under a broody duck or will it leave it’s nest that it just started sitting on like 2 days ago?

I would not chance trying to put it under a broody that just started sitting. I have had Mama ducks that won't accept their own babies back after being removed from the nest. She might attack and kill it. Or abandon her nest to take care of the little one if she does accept it.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Have you candled the eggs to see how close they are to hatching?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I would candle them. If they're good I would use an incubator if you have one if you don't then you could try the other broody as a last resort, but even then I would be worried about her killing them.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I would candle them. If they're good I would use an incubator if you have one if you don't then you could try the other broody as a last resort, but even then I would be worried about her killing them.

If they are really close to hatching I would opt for just trying to finish them under a heat lamp rather than try the broody personally.
I have done that several times with good success if they are close enough to hatching.