Help! Hen off eggs all day

[Ashley0825]

Help! My 1st time broody hen has been off her eggs all day (day 19)...they feel cold to touch. I see movement in 1 for sure but not sure about the other 3. Any hope that she'll finish her job or do I need to intervene? I really don't want to mess with her if I don't need to. Advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[SilverBirds]

If she's been off them all day she may be broken from her broodiness. Do you have an incubator?

 

[Ashley0825]

I don't but I have a heating lamp and I can add damp paper towels to add humidity.

 

[SilverBirds]

I don't but I have a heating lamp and I can add damp paper towels to add humidity.

That'd better than them sitting in the cold. If she really has been off the nest all day I'd just take the eggs and make a makeshift incubator. How many eggs are there?

 

[Ashley0825]

That'd better than them sitting in the cold. If she really has been off the nest all day I'd just take the eggs and make a makeshift incubator. How many eggs are there?

Only 4. I'll go make my diy incubator now! Thanks for the advice!