Out of control: 5 broodies setting on SO many eggs!😆😳

[Auntiejessi3]

What?! I can't wait to see some babies, lol

 

[Bird fanatic]

Will the mamas quit setting once a few babies hatch?

Usually they will try and wait till they all hatch but if they are to spread apart she might abandon some late ones

 

[mtma]

Just make sure that the other hens aren’t laying on the same boxes as the broodys, or you will never have eggs stop hatching!!

That's what I am afraid is happening! I have no idea how to prevent that except put all the mamas in the smaller coop and separate run!

 

[mtma]

Will the mamas quit setting once a few babies hatch?

 

[mtma]

Do you have an incubator?

Yes. Should I put all unhatched eggs on it after the moms move on? How does that work with the auto turner? I have a nurture right 360

 

[Ridgerunner]

I marked everything laid to date, though there is a time gap of a week plus. Until we can move them over, I'll just collect everything that is unmarked, as the other layers only want to lay in the broodies' boxes.

Good.

Should I put all unhatched eggs on it after the moms move on? How does that work with the auto turner? I have a nurture right 360

I'm not familiar with that incubator, it looks like you can't remove the turner. So set it up as you would for lockdown. If you can't remove the turner just turn it off. Raise the humidity like you would for lockdown.