Hatching with a broody hen in winter?

[Jemma Rider]

Hello, I'm wondering if it's safe for me to hatch with a broody hen in winter?

I got three little chicks this year, and I've fallen in love with having chicks around. My current little ones are getting HUGE, my dark cornish Ginger is almost the size of my smallest hen it's crazy, i wanted to add a few more breeds this year but didn't want to overdo it with it being my first time with chicks.
Last year my hen started hiding eggs in December and trying to hatch them, this hen goes broody very quickly if i leave eggs in the box for a few hours she sits on them and screams when i come near, last year my rooster was immature so i just tossed them out but I'm excited to hatch one of roosters babies at some point in the future. I'd also like to hatch some silkies, i want them but know they're often bullied in a flock of standard birds so i think the best way to get them is through a broody hen and let her do the introductions (and if they are bullied none the less i have a small second coop that i just need to attach a run to that can keep two bantams at six square feet, I'd just need to attach a run to it).
But back to my question.
I've read posts on brooding with the mama heating pad in winter and it being fine, i just don't know if it would work with a broody hen (from the research I've done I'm pretty sure it would be fine, but i wanted to ask some people with experience before i approach the idea).

 

[Nimueh Alene]

It is really rough on the hen. They hardly eat or drink anyway and when it is cold they will not expose the eggs. They burn a lot of calories keeping themselves and their eggs warm. My bantam was skin and bones when I noticed it. So I brought them inside in a plastic tote to finish the last 12 days. She hatched all 9 eggs but it took her quite some time to put on weight.

 

[ashlierami]

My he s have hatched out year round with no issues. However when my silkie went broody in winter I brought her inside and placed her into a box. It went well and she hatched inside and I kept the chick in for about 3 days. On day 4 I took her and mama out during the day. The chick was always running around and did great. That chick grew up to be my main broody currently. She's on her 2nd round this year. I must say it takes more work in the winter ensuring mama and chick and warm ,dry, and we'll taken care of rather than in the warmer months.

 

[Jemma Rider]

It is really rough on the hen. They hardly eat or drink anyway and when it is cold they will not expose the eggs. They burn a lot of calories keeping themselves and their eggs warm. My bantam was skin and bones when I noticed it. So I brought them inside in a plastic tote to finish the last 12 days. She hatched all 9 eggs but it took her quite some time to put on weight.

Okay thank you, then I'll think I'll wait till spring just in case, i don't want her to suffer while she hatches her eggs, she wants babies so bad.

 

[aart]

I let a broody hatch in the dead of a frigid winter, she did fine and so did the chicks.
Wouldn't do it again in that kind of cold, but in a Maryland October...
... go for it, if all else is copacetic.

 

[BullChick]

My one duck is broody now. She will not hatch until mid-November. She is outside, but under a roof. It’s already dipping into the thirties. I’m not worried about the cold. She will be warm enough (warmer since ducks take the cold better).
Babies stay under the mom when they are cold, and run around when they aren’t. Momma will take them outside in the snow, and they will be fine.