when to put eggs under a broody hen

[chickenmama109]

hi i have a d,uccle that has gone broody last night and i have some eggs from some on eles that i would like to put under her ive incubated eggs before but ive never hatched with a broody i know when your incubating eggs before you put them in you wait tell the eggs are room temp but is that the case with a broody or can i just put them under or is it pretty much like putting them in a bator thanks for your help

 

[chuckachucka]

I would wait at leaSt another full day to see if the hen remains on the nest, longer if she is a first time broody, before giving her eggs. Then once you are sure she will stay on her nest give her the eggs. They don't have to be room temp but ideally not very chilled before setting them.

 

[chickenmama109]

yes this is her first time going broody but she has tryed to go broody before but never did she has been on the nest for a couple hours know and the only time she gets off the nest is when the bigger breed hens push her off to lay an egg should i move her and see if shes going to stay on the nest

 

[JarvisChickens]

yes this is her first time going broody but she has tryed to go broody before but never did she has been on the nest for a couple hours know and the only time she gets off the nest is when the bigger breed hens push her off to lay an egg should i move her and see if shes going to stay on the nest

Yes I would move her. You do not want the other hens going in and disrupting her, as that may discourage her from staying on the nest. Like chuckachucka said, you probably should wait to put the eggs under her so that you know she will stay, I can say from experience that jumping the gun does not always work out, I once had a hen set on a clutch of 8 eggs or so and decided 3 days later she wasn't having it