I think my hen is eating the eggs when they try to hatch

[BDutch]

It’s rather large, for a large dog. Mumma hen is disabled so she can’t move around easily, but the chicks have plenty of room. There is no run attached to it.

I wouldn’t let a disabled hen sit to hatch chicks. But thats because I integrate them after a week.

The chicks need more space after a week or so. You need to build a separate run because if the disabled hen , she can’t defend the little ones.

I don’t candle from 12 days old. And always leave the eggs with the broody further on the proces. She comes off the nest to eat, drink, poop and take a quick sand bath in her own time frame. Interfering does more harm than good imho. Touching the eggs much or cool them at the end of the hatch is not good for the hatch. In general the broody knows best.

 

[3SiameseCats]

Update: I came home and it turns out my mom just couldn’t see an egg. Another egg is beginning to hatch and I hear chirping inside. The other one, the chick has broken into the air pocket but I think will try to do so soon.