Egg emergency

[mypetsrchickens]

I had two broody hens sitting in eggs. The first set hatched yesterday. I went out this morning and the other hen has abandoned her nest to help take care of the babies. I don’t know what to do with the other eggs. I don’t own an incubator. They have at least another week before they hatch. They’re still warm because other hens have been in and out of the nesting box laying eggs. So that’s kept the warm but that won’t last for an entire week.

 

[EverythingDucks]

If it isn't too late, put them in some sort of plastic tub with their nest, nest material, or some sort if cloth.
Setup a heat lamp. Use a thermometer and keep an eye on the temperature. I believe it should be at 100° F.
I do not know much about incubating and hatching but I'll find some people to tag

 

[MGG]

I had two broody hens sitting in eggs. The first set hatched yesterday. I went out this morning and the other hen has abandoned her nest to help take care of the babies. I don’t know what to do with the other eggs. I don’t own an incubator. They have at least another week before they hatch. They’re still warm because other hens have been in and out of the nesting box laying eggs. So that’s kept the warm but that won’t last for an entire week.

Do you have a heating pad? Can you borrow an incubator? How many eggs?

 

[mypetsrchickens]

If it isn't too late, put them in some sort of plastic tub with their nest, nest material, or some sort if cloth.
Setup a heat lamp. Use a thermometer and keep an eye on the temperature. I believe it should be at 100° F.
I do not know much about incubating and hatching but I'll find some people to tag

Do you have a heating pad? Can you borrow an incubator? How many eggs?

I tried to borrow an incubator, I tried to get my cousin to put them in her incubator (it was already full), but nothing was working out. My husband suggested I put her in the garage by herself with the eggs in the dog crate we use to break broody hens.

So that's what I did. I moved the whole nest to the broody box and put her in it. After a few minutes of protesting she went right back to the eggs and she's still there.

She did happen to roll one of the eggs out of the "nest" and it was pretty cold last night when I found it. I got it back under her but I'm afraid it got too cold and won't end up hatching now.