Transferring Eggs from Incubator to Broody???

[Jocasta]

Hey guys, I'm on day 20 for turkey eggs and day 13 for chicken eggs. I've just been out to collect eggs to discover my black orpington, for the second day running, sitting on the eggs in the nest box. Now I'm loathe to buy MORE fertile eggs given that I've got just about as many as I can handle in the incubator already, but have also found that the quickest and surest way to get a broody laying again is to let her hatch a clutch. So, could I transfer eggs from the incubator to the hen? Probably sounds daft but I'm a little worried that she'll keep turning them given how far along they are already - anyone had any experience with this?

In any event, I'll leave it another couple of days before doing anything as I'd like to make sure she means business - she only came into lay two months ago!

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[BawGock]

I think you are wise waiting a few days esp. since she is an unproven broody.

Give her a few eggs if she seems to be sticking with it and has her breast throughly plucked clean, too.

I had a silkie that laid her first egg and went broody within a week

Good luck!
Carolyn

 

[Jocasta]

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Wow! I'd heard that silkies make good mothers - I guess that's true!!!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

first of all what kind of chicken is she.??????????????

 

[Judy]

Orps are a breed that does tend to go broody. If it were me, I'd make sure she stays on the nest all night and give her a few eggs in the morning. Some on here wait 2 nights. You just never know if they'll stay with it.

OTOH I have 3 broodies sitting on golf balls for 2+ weeks, so maybe I'm just envious!

I did have a mutt pullet lay just a few eggs, go broody, and raise her chicks; she was a great mama.

 

[Jocasta]

Black Orpington. 8 months old.

 

[Jocasta]

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Lol. She was raised by a broody herself and I've heard that makes them even more likely to become broody. I don't mind tbh, I'm just a little concerned that I'll end up killing the chicks if she's not committed. She doesn't like people AT ALL and moved off the eggs one of the times I opened up to check on her - that makes me a little nervous. My previous experience of a broody was very different - she was so bloody determined - she'd have pecked my hand off before moving off her eggs!