Should I move my broody hen?

[SundownWaterfowl]

I have a Silkie hen that is sitting with 2 other silkie hens. 3 of the eggs are due to hatch friday. I was wondering, since they keep exchanging eggs, if I should take her and the 3 eggs due to hatch friday, and move her to a different cage, that way all the eggs due to hatch will be under one hen and not spread out between the 3 hens. They are Gray Call Duck eggs. Will it bother her if I move her to a new pen to hatch the eggs? I dont want to have the 3 eggs hatch under different hens, because they might get up and abandon the other eggs after the 3 hatch.

 

[ginasmarans]

I think you will be safe trying to move a silkie,and if at all possible,I would. Some of my standards are picky about where they brood,but I think silkies will brood anywhere.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

When should I move her Im thinking I should move her on Tuesday or Wednesday. Also, they are up in a coop, and to get down they need to walk down a ramp and im afraid that they baby ducklings will flip right off the side and get killed.

 

[ginasmarans]

I'd move her as soon as possible. You don't want to be bothering her after day 18.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

They are call duck eggs. Today is day 22. They hatch on day 26. I will move her later today. I just fixed up her cage and wash it, now I just need to make her a nest and get a tarp to put over it. It just started to get windy and looks like it will downpour any minute. So later today I will move her.