Bad broody or bad luck?

[BTinks]

So one of my australorps went broody a couple weeks before we were supposed to get our meat chicks in and I decide to try and foster them with her. We had them all out in a chicken tractor with one half covered from the weather and big mama was doing pretty well with all her babies. Then a few days ago we had a big rain storm go through and the dumb mama hen took all the babies to the lowest uncovered spot in the tractor and huddled them up there. She caused HALF our babies to drown! There was truly no reason they should have even gotten wet since their roof is over the highest ground elevation that was under the tractor. We moved the remaining babies into our barn brooder and put mama back with the flock.
Big mama is still acting broody though and I've been considering getting some hatching eggs. Should I assume she is a bad broody and not give her more eggs, or should I keep her in an indoor location and let her try again? Other than the rain issue she seemed to be a good mama.

 

[sourland]

Chickens are not exactly rocket scientists. Her mistake is no indication that she is a poor brood hen.

 

[BTinks]

That's what I was hoping... She's only the second broody I've had though so I wanted to get some second opinions before spending money on fancy hatching eggs.

 

[sourland]

Understand that she will not go back to setting immediately. Give her time to recover from this setting, lay a clutch, and once again go broody. Once the chicks are hatched try to pen her in a fashion where she can not make dumb choices. Even mammals can make dumb choices. My father once had a beagle who moved all of her pups from a dry box to a hole dug beneath her coop. Not so bad except for the fact that she did so on a day when we got several inches of rain. Luckily I checked on her before they drowned.

 

[Sylviaanne]

Every once in a while, say 2 or 3 times a week, one of my hens goes screeching across the yard for no good reason that I can see, not the same hen. I have even searched for snakes and found none. I don't know why they do this but my thought was that maybe your hen moved the babies from a spot she thought was unsafe and ended up putting them in an even worse situation. Sylvia

 

[BTinks]

Understand that she will not go back to setting immediately.  Give her time to recover from this setting, lay a clutch, and once again go broody.  Once the chicks are hatched try to pen her in a fashion where she can not make dumb choices.  Even mammals can make dumb choices.  My father once had a beagle who moved all of her pups from a dry box to a hole dug beneath her coop.  Not so bad except for the fact that she did so on a day when we got several inches of rain.  Luckily I checked on her before they drowned. 

She's been back with the flock for two days now away from her babies (that she spent 12 days mothering). Since being back in the main coop she is still acting broody. Stays in the nesting box all the time, pecks me and puffs up if I take eggs. Do you think this won't last to get some new eggs hatched?