Day 19 Help!

[stumble_n_mumble]

hey guys. its day 19 for me. there is pipping in one of the runner eggs my broody hen is sitting on... she got up this morning to eat drink and poop. is that normal for a hen not to realize her baby is trying to hatch? when i saw her leave the nest i saw the egg really rocking..... so i put her back on the nest and put a door up so she CAN NOT leave. is that right? or should i take the door down and let her run around... the other issue is that i have a japanese bantam hen that is CRAZY and when my silkie left she went into the nest and rotated them just to be a pain in the a%$#@!#$ lol. so now what?! HELP!

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

and when i say 19 its for the chick eggs but the duck eggs are at day 26 so there not hatching insanely early LOL

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

someone please! the broody hen is currently off the nest in a dust bath fit LOL. is it ok that she is getting off the nest?!?!?!

 

[yellowflower]

I have very little experience but I hatched out some chicks under a broody last yr and I was candling every day and the last 3 days especially hatch day I was listening for chirps and tapping. And the broody went out everyday to dust bath and eat and drink right up to hatch time. All of them hatched except an odd shaped egg.
So they got cooled off and handled right up to hatch and it still worked out fine.

Just my experience.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

ok lol i just need to relax! its nature! right?! lol