New to chickens

[nors]

A friend has given me a broody hen and fertilized eggs. I have placed the chook in her own little house in her nest, which she has sat for 3 days. I found her off the nest yesterday with the eggs cold. I placed her back on them last night and she has not moved. Are the eggs still OK, or did they get damaged when she jumped off.

 

[Pyxis]

You're probably okay. It's natural for a broody to get off the nest each day to eat and drink and poop, and she can be off the eggs for up to a half hour at a time with no ill effects. In fact, some people like to replicate this while incubating and they'll let their eggs cool off for a time each day just like the hen would.