Fertilised eggs but hen not sitting on them

[Larley123]

I have hen eggs i checked them today and a few are obviously fertilised but my hen is not sitting on them I had a brooding hen but her eggs hatched 2 days ago what do I do

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you have a male, every egg (or pretty darn close) will be fertile. But just because you have fertile eggs doesn't mean a hen will decide to sit on them.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Is this a broody that quit sitting on the eggs? If so, the best option would be to get an incubator and incubate the eggs for the remainder of the 21 days. If you don’t have an incubator you can make a DIY one or go buy one from TSC.

 

[Larley123]

Also I read that sometimes you should split the rooster from the hens when should I do this

 

[Aapomp831]

If you have a rooster all eggs will be fertile all the time. If you don’t want more chicks, then collect them and eat them. If you do want chicks, your broody that just hatched the two chicks is going to be busy being a mom and will not sit on eggs again until she is broody again which is an “only time will tell” kind of thing and you’ll have to incubate Any remaining eggs that she quit sitting on.

 

[Larley123]

Ok thank you I’ll have to look into incubating then. How long can’t an egg go without being sat on that I can incubate

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ok thank you I’ll have to look into incubating then. How long can’t an egg go without being sat on that I can incubate

About a week before they start getting less likely to develop