Is it OK to let your broody work overtime?

MrRoy

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I have 5 good banty eggs in a homemade bator(12 days today). I have a broody hatching 6 today&tomorrow. After my broody hatches all her current clutch, would it work out to take the chicks away and place the banty eggs under her for the remaining 9 days or will she leave the nest once the chicks are gone? Or is this putting too much stress on her?
 
Once chicks hatch under her, she's done.

Also, it's not healthy for them to go over a month. Some actually die setting on eggs.
 

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