Hen got off eggs, now what?

[ahawkinsrn]

I have a hen that got off 2 ducks eggs she has been sitting on for the last 3 1/2 weeks. When candled I can see one still moving around in there. What can I do to help keep it warm and bring it to hatch? It’s due to hatch any day now. Definitely by Monday. I do not have an incubator as I wasn’t planning on hatching birds myself. If it was early on I would worry about it and would have let Mother Nature take its course. But this little bird only has a few more days. I have it wrapped in a towel wrapped in a heating pad right now until I can figure something out. Help!

 

[nuthatched]

How long was she off? As long as you can rig up something to keep the temperature at 99 and the humidity at at least 50, you can hatch them.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I have heard of people using hot water bottles or heat lamps to help with temperature. Great question above about how long she was off the eggs.