Day 12 - Broody off eggs. What to do????

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I have read the same thing for the Brinsea- as I was looking into them before the broody's started setting lol. The young first time broody hen never went back to a nest
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(apparently she quit after 1.5 weeks........ ) so we have kept the eggs under the other hen. They are all alive and well... moving all around when we candled them this past tuesday. The mother hen now has 14 eggs under her. All are developing perfectly- although at different stages. We have enclosed her to a brooder box- and plan on removing chicks as they hatch. Which will be any day now..... today is day 20 for the oldest ones. It has been suggested that we remove them right away so that she continues to sit on the rest of the eggs- until at least wednesday 5/16. I sure hope she does........ I was thinking that today I will borrow my brother in law's incubator, although I have never used an incubator yet, so....... just to be safe. If she decided to get off the eggs, then at least I would have a backup and they won't die. Just a little bit anxious!
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I'll let you all know how the hatch goes..... will be really upsetting if any pass now. They were all doing awesome when we checked on tuesday. We'll see.............
 
Wooohooo! Three chickers hatched today. Adorable! I let them get fuzzy and removed them from Mother Hen. She has a whole lot more to hatch before she can stop being broody...... hope she sticks to it!!! She really is a good mommy....
 
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three more hatched this morning and a couple working their way out. I take them out once they are fluffy..... and mother hen is not impressed lol. Keep them coming!!! I sure hope she stays on the younger eggs!
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We've considered it, but we have not decided yet. We have always just raised them ourselves, but kinda like the idea of her teaching them things. She used to be a wild free ranging bird and I am afraid she may rub off on them lol. She isn't the most friendly bird in the flock...... so we'll see. Guess we have a couple days to figure it all out.
 
10 chicks hatched so far, over the course of three days. One egg was crushed this morning (one of the younger ones) So that leaves one older egg (that might have died........or just taking it's time) and two younger eggs that we hope she will stick to till they hatch- which should be tomorrow or wednesday. I have an incubator running now- as a backup in the event she bails on us.
 
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Proud to report that Mother Hen stayed on the nest until that last two chicks hatched late last night. She did a great job..... 12 out of 14 chicks hatched- over the course of 5 days lol. One egg was damaged at day 17 and was crushed two days later by mother's weight. One egg had a chick that just didn't make it out. Overall, I am so happy that she is a stickler and kept to the clutch till they all hatched. Taking the chicks as the dried was hard to do to her, but I think it made the difference. When you look at 12 chicks moving around the brooder, you wonder how on earth would she have been able to sit still on the eggs lol.

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