My eggs are pipping under broody hen...when can I bring them in?

[JenE]

I have no incubator, but a small brood pen with a heatlamp that I keep indoors. This is my first hatching...when can I bring them in? As soon as they break through the shell?

 

[ChickenCat]

don't get mad at me, but.. why aren't you gonna leave them with the hen?

 

[cackle]

I was going to ask the same thing. Our hen is taking such great care of the baby chicks my husband remarked that is was so much easier than the brooder.

 

[JenE]

I don't have a separate place for them in the coop. Is it safe to leave them in with the rest of the flock? I've got another broody with 9 eggs and she is nesting in the dog house so I just blocked her in with chicken wire. I bring her food and water every day because she will not leave the nest for anything.

 

[L*A*G*]

Momma hen should take care of them.
unless u r worried about the temp.

 

[JenE]

It's supposed to be 41 overnight. Should I be worried?

 

[L*A*G*]

41. nope, don't worry.

 

[pascopol]

Quote:
Leave them with their mother hen, hen will do better job than you, especially if you are new to it.

That's the fact of life.