HOW LONG WILL THEY BROOD

[nchls school]

We've had two severe storms in two days. One of my Midget White hen's nest flooded and candling shows that most of the egg are DIS.
The hen has been brooding for two weeks. If she's given fresh eggs in a nest that has been flood proofed what's the chances she will brood long enough to hatch the fresh eggs? If this would work I'll put the few eggs that survived getting flooded in the incubator or under a bantam.

 

[R2elk]

We've had two severe storms in two days. One of my Midget White hen's nest flooded and candling shows that most of the egg are DIS.
The hen has been brooding for two weeks. If she's given fresh eggs in a nest that has been flood proofed what's the chances she will brood long enough to hatch the fresh eggs? If this would work I'll put the few eggs that survived getting flooded in the incubator or under a bantam.

If she accepts the new nest and the new eggs, she will likely stay on the nest until they hatch, Brooding is hard on the hens and can really wear them down. I believe it would be best to break her from being broody and let her go broody again after she has regained her full strength.

 

[nchls school]

Thank you for your reply and advice.