Hatching Eggs... To incubate? Time sensitive

[AShelDuck1]

So I have a broody hen. She must have been broody a little longer than I thought because the eggs I added under her because I noticed she only had two and I wanted her to have more are not ready to hatch yet.

Should I...

Put them under an incubator and hatch them and then bring them out to her?

Not worry about it?

Incubator and brooder?

 

[The Moonshiner]

I don't understand your post.
You found her broody setting on two eggs. You added more eggs.
So what's the problem? Her two are close to hatching but the others are not? Or?

 

[AShelDuck1]

I don't understand your post.
You found her broody setting on two eggs. You added more eggs.
So what's the problem? Her two are close to hatching but the others are not? Or?

Sorry her two hatched and now she's not sitting

 

[AShelDuck1]

Sorry her two hatched and now she's not sitting

So do I hatch those in an incubator and will she accept them in maybe 3-5 days +/-?

Or incubator and brooder?

Or just count them as a loss

 

[CountryChic63]

So do I hatch those in an incubator and will she accept them in maybe 3-5 days +/-?

Or incubator and brooder?

Or just count them as a loss

I would incubate the eggs otherwise they're a loss.
There's no way to know if the hen will accept them later. Some hens do & some don't. I've never tried it with chicks, but I have with rabbits, which they go by smell.
With that, when you're ready to add the other chicks, handle hers first, then try to transfer their smell by handling the others. (Again, i've never done this, but what so you have to lose?)
If that doesn't work, are you prepared to step in & raise the other chicks?

 

[TexasBlues]

Step in and incubate them. once the chicks are a couple days old and able to follow her, slip them under her at night.

 

[AShelDuck1]

I would incubate the eggs otherwise they're a loss.
There's no way to know if the hen will accept them later. Some hens do & some don't. I've never tried it with chicks, but I have with rabbits, which they go by smell.
With that, when you're ready to add the other chicks, handle hers first, then try to transfer their smell by handling the others. (Again, i've never done this, but what so you have to lose?)
If that doesn't work, are you prepared to step in & raise the other chicks?

Yeah we have the whole setup and everything.

I just went to get them and she's back on the nest with her two chicks.... Maybe it'll be ok?

 

[TexasBlues]

I mixed my day old chicks with 7 day old chicks and the hen seemed to accept them ok. They were from the same brood, but it was a staggered hatch that was laid over a week's time. I took the remaining eggs out of the nest and put them in the incubator when the first chicks were about 3-4 days old and ready to leave the nest.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-copper-marans-and-whiting-true-blues-lots-of-videos.1607191/page-24

 

[AShelDuck1]

Oh, this is good to know. I just had one more hatch and there's two more I'm hoping for! So, yay.

 

[AShelDuck1]

So far two more have hatched.

When the first one got strong enough I brought it out and she attacked me! And put it under her like I had taken it from her. So... She accepted it!

I have one more that maybe will be strong enough tonight.

And one more egg that I think is WAY behind because I can still see the veins.