Eggs not developing, what to do?

[Spud395]

I have a broody hen setting on a clutch of eggs (I got from a new supplier)
I candled them yesterday at day 8 and am pretty sure there's nothing in any of them.
What do I do? Dump the eggs or leave her sitting on them (it's not the hen she's hatched for me before!)

 

[Elite Silkies]

If they are clear on day 10, then you chunk them. Usually by day 4 you can see if they are developing or not unless they are darker eggs. Then they are harder to tell on.

 

[Spud395]

And what happens poor old mammy hen then

 

[Rodeoclown1189]

well she will cackle and cluck for a a few days or so then start laying again that's all... i had a broody bantam hen that set on eggs from a RIR hatched and then when the chicks got about a month old had to split them up because they were too big for her. Then a Week Later she stopped cackling and she has a nest full of 7 eggs now but since its getting late in the year its best not to let her set any more so im collecting all the eggs but one

 

[Spud395]

I do feel sorry for her.

If i was to get some more eggs and replaced the duds, 10 days in, would it be a bit much.
Would she stick a 31 day set

 

[walkswithdog]

Most will stick to setting if you get them fertile eggs. Even at 10 or even 14 days and I've had a couple sit for a good long time after the first batch failed and they jumped someone else's nest to try again.