First time letting my hen sit on eggs

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Hello so I have always incubated our eggs in a incubator and we have a little bantam mix hen that has decided to sit on her eggs and I let her this time. Just wondering if y’all have any tips… She is right now in a nesting box in the coop but when the eggs go into lock down I might be moving her into her own little coop for her and her little babies. When and if I move her will she still sit on her nest? I’m pretty sure she will but I just want to make sure....
 

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It's possible she won't sit if you move her. I moved my hen one night when she was broody and I went out at midnight because I had a feeling something was up, and she'd left them and gone into a corner. Fortunately I got there before they got cold and they all hatched. She went back on when I put her back into her old coop. Fussy girl!
If it's possible to leave them until a couple of days after hatch, so the mother doesn't have to stay on the nest it might work. As long as the other hens won't interfere.
Hope they hatch ok.
 

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