Finding new eggs under broody

Danyander

Chirping
Feb 15, 2015
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Right now I have 2 fertilized eggs under my broody hen. We are on day 8. Candled them and everything looks good. But I keep finding eggs under her. I know she isn't laying. She stopped laying like 3 days before I put the fertilized eggs under her. I have her in a nest in the coop because I am not sure where else I could put her. I don't think the other hens are going in the box to lay. Is it possible she is stealing the eggs after they lay them in another box to add to her collection?
 
Totally possible, or possible the other hens squeeze in with her and lay. I keep my broodies in the coop also. I just mark the hatching eggs with a sharpie and check every day or so to pull any donated eggs that have been added.
 
The eggs she is hatching are foster eggs. So they are white and all my hens have brown eggs. I am just concerned about the fertilized eggs breaking.
 

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