Help! Guinea Hen off the nest and today is hatch day!

[mychickens]

Yesterday, by my calculations, should have been hatch day. I needed to move mother to a safer place and waited too long. My husband thought it would be best to wait until they hatched to move mother and keets but I was too impatient and saw an opportunity today to move them before hatching to what I call the maternity ward. I thought it would be a peaceful transition and mother would go back to nest. Instead it was a fight and it has been 1/2 hour and she is still not on the nest. My question is: how long do I wait to put them in the incubator? I am so stupid!!!

 

[SimoneG]

Yesterday, by my calculations, should have been hatch day. I needed to move mother to a safer place and waited too long. My husband thought it would be best to wait until they hatched to move mother and keets but I was too impatient and saw an opportunity today to move them before hatching to what I call the maternity ward. I thought it would be a peaceful transition and mother would go back to nest. Instead it was a fight and it has been 1/2 hour and she is still not on the nest. My question is: how long do I wait to put them in the incubator? I am so stupid!!!

I would put them in now. whenever I tried to move my guinea hens to a safer area they come off the nest and are done. they don't come back to that spot.

 

[mychickens]

Thank you

 

[SimoneG]

Good Luck!

 

[SimoneG]

@mychickens how'd it go?