QUESTION about incubation

[Peaky]

Hello
I put 7eggs into into incubator 6 days ago. I now have noticed that my
Hen has been sitting in her nest for
2 days. she is sitting on
Golf balls. When night time comes can I pull out the balls and put
The 7 Eggs From The incubator or under my hen? Or will that create a problem
Of
Nature?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

If this is her first time going broody I would give her longer. Sometimes they do not stay broody. Let her sit on the golf balls until the eggs are closer to hatch and you know she isn't going to quit on you.

 

[Peaky]

Thanks so much for suggestion. I will leave them in incubator until lockdown then put them under hen at that time. Does that sound reasonable?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Yes, that is the safest way to do it, especially if the eggs are of high value such as shipped/rare/something you really want. You don't want to lose them because she decides to quit or break them or something.

 

[Peaky]

Do u think it better just to put 2 eggs under her then to add the last 5 to her nest at night once the two hatch ?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

You can do it either way. It just depends on how important those eggs are to you. It won't make any difference to her whether she has eggs or a golf ball.