Hen has hatched 6 chicks and still has eggs but is not staying on the nest.

[tsnelson75]

Need opinions please. I have a banty hen that had hatched 6 chicks and still has several more eggs in the nest but she has not been on the nest a lot today. One is pipping and I can hear chirping in the other eggs. Should I wait and see if she gets back on the nest or should I take the eggs and put them in the incubator and then put the chicks with her after they hatch. This is my first time having a hen hatch her own eggs.

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Put them in your incubator. If she has left the eggs, she will prbably not go back and sit on them.

 

[Rooster G]

She knows what she wants and has her reasons. Toss the eggs or incubate them. Enjoy the new ones.

 

[tsnelson75]

She did go back on the nest last night and two more hatched but has been off the nest again today so I put the rest in the incubator. I can hear them chirping and see them moving so I know they are still viable.