Putting soon to hatch eggs under broody?

[Shikanah]

I've been incubating some eggs and they are due to hatch in a few days. My silkie mix has gone broody all of a sudden. I had the idea of putting my incubator eggs under her and letting her raise the chicks. What are the odds that she would accept them?

 

[Crazy Chicken Keeper]

She'll accept them I switch eggs all the times between mothers. She will do a very good job and will save you a lot of time

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

My broody hens almost accepts any thing round.
So I think it’s pretty likely.

 

[Jenbirdee]

use cornstarch to stop the bleeding.
Maybe @Jenbirdee or @ruthhope has more advice but I have to go for the night.
I will check in tomorrow.

I think this post was meant for the other thread

 

[CherishedFowlGuardian]

I think this post was meant for the other thread

Opps
Do you know which thread I was talking about?
I know that @Jenbirdee is much wiser than me.

 

[Debbie292d]

A month ago, I hatched about 40 silkie eggs. I had a broodie silkie hen who accepted them. She was out in a breeding pen with them and two roosters. We put a Cozy Coop radiant heater in the coop as she no way could keep that many warm.

A silkie hen that's broody would sit on rocks if you gave them to her, so yes, that will work!

 

[Shikanah]

I took out all the other eggs from under her and replaced them with the eggs that should hatch day after tomorrow. She growled and gave me some good pecks when putting the new eggs in.

 

[davemonkey]

I took out all the other eggs from under her and replaced them with the eggs that should hatch day after tomorrow. She growled and gave me some good pecks when putting the new eggs in.

So, did she accept them when they hatched?

 

[Shikanah]

So, did she accept them when they hatched?

She did accept them. Unfortunately she just was not good at caring for them. Lost most of them in the first couple days

 

[davemonkey]

Well, good to know that she took to them; but sorry you ended losing them.