clucky bantom help!

[gaz712]

I have a bantom sitting on eggs for her first time. The problem is the rooster has been away on loan for the last 3 weeks. I presume the eggs cant be fertile so should I remove them or just let her be ?

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

I would remove the eggs, but she can sit if she wants!

You may want to break her broodiness otherwise she wont lay until she's done. (And since there are rotten eggs that will never hatch under her...)

Good luck!

 

[sourland]

Depends upon how long he was gone when she laid the eggs. Hens retain sperm for two weeks for sure and maybe up to four weeks. Let her set a week, candle the eggs, and if fertile allow her to complete the incubation.