How long do they sit on the nest,

[Glenmar]

My hen has hatched all but 3 eggs. She is still sitting and keeping the brood warm. They need to get out to eat and drink. How long will she sit? Should I try to get her off the nest or take the remaining eggs away ???

 

[sourland]

How long ago did the first chicks hatch? In my experience, hens generally leave the nest within 36 hours of the hatching of the first chick.

 

[Happy Camper]

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My hen has hatched all but 3 eggs. She is still sitting and keeping the brood warm. They need to get out to eat and drink. How long will she sit? Should I try to get her off the nest or take the remaining eggs away ???[/quot

My hen was sitting on 18 eggs that began hatching on May 3. The next day she was done and I discarded the remaining eggs. They had not pipped and there were no peeping sounds. She ended up hatching 11...

 

[Glenmar]

Ok. Thanks. I will give her 36 hours. I don't think those last 3 will hatch. Most hatched on Saturday.

 

[sissy23]

My turkey just hatched 2 baby turkeys and 8 baby chicks will she sit anymore this year

 

[sissy23]

OK I'm new here please help me

 

[Happy Camper]

OK I'm new here please help me

This is my first year hatching turkey eggs. From what I have read if she is raising them she may not sit on a new clutch. On the other hand if poults are on a brooder she may start a new clutch and sit.
What I did is that the first couple weeks she started laying I removed the eggs and incubated them. Then she sat. I moved incubated poults to a brooder and added them to her nest when her clutch hatched.
They were born 8 days apparatus and she still accepted them and 4 duck eggs too