I’m not sure if it’s bad or not to hand feed. We hand feed our six goslings of various ages and sexes in the morning. They eat from a feeder in the evening. Hand feeding has made them all get more comfortable with us and makes it easier for us to pet them and pick them up.
I’m interested in what happens with your nest! I have a similar situation. A Guinea who has been on the community nest for a long time now and no eggs have hatched. At some point I started closing her door (she nested in an unused coop) so the others would stop adding eggs. She was on 40+ eggs...