Once the hen is setting?

[Sheila Adkins]

Can you bother her to check the eggs. She wont abandon the nest? I am so new the setting of eggs. lol...

 

[baldie]

Hello, I check under my girl...I would say it depends. I have one girl that pecks the crap out of my hand if I even go remotely close to her nest. All the others have let me check. You could also check when they get up and have something to eat and drink. If its down to the last days, you shouldnt check at all due to the humidity needed, etc.

 

[poupoule]

I did not check under mine at all. Let nature do its job!

And I rarelyy saw her off the nest, once or twice. But .......... 3 chicks hatched last week

Good luck!