Quote: You are correct!
I did not explain that the 1st hen got off the last 5 eggs and moved her live chicks out of the nest. I had no incubator and 1 egg was chirping one was moving on candle and 3 I couldnt tell.
Hen #1 took the eggs back and moved again. They were room temp when I checked again (coop was 50 degrees) and no more chirping. It took 4 more days but all 5 eggs hatched.
I am not suggesting this as a normal course of action. Nor would I recommend a shared hatch between hens at any time.
This was a desperate experiment in an emergent case.
A small warning with my experience - All the hatch-lings that were finished by the second hen are in a brooder in the house. Her early Brooding phase had her move away from the hatched chick. so I watched for every single one and brought them in the house. I did not sleep more than a hour at a time for 4 days.
So no it is not ideal but it worked out better for me to try the early broody rather than to loose the live chicks.
I personally will not try another hatch without a small incubator on hand for emergencies.
I do not know what went wrong with the hatch and have not been able to find answers to my questions. But I keep looking.