Hen sitting for 10 days and moved to different nesting box with no eggs...

Our hen, Bernadette, has been sitting for about 20 days or so,
Then the eggs have started the hatch process and you should not touch them. Move her back on them, do not move them to her.
4 hours is nothing. They should all still hatch - if they are under the hen when they open up. Edited to add, this is assuming you haven't already picked them all up and turned them over checking temperature etc. in which case, who knows? But it is still worth trying to set her back on them. She may even be able to hear them cheeping inside the shell.
 
I'm sorry, that's a typo. She's been sitting for 10 days, not 20. We haven't touched her eggs other than to lay our hand on top of them to see if they were warm.
 

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