You might think about selling the hen you don't like....some folks will pay well for a hen that is a true broody. Or you could keep her. I'm pretty well situated if the power grid goes down for a protracted period of time but I still keep a few good broodies around, despite their being major pains in the butt sometimes. A farmer without jeans, long sleeves and good gloves is liable to get flogged or pecked once in a while...
A broody hen can become a nuisance, especially if you're not in the mood or need for one at a particular time but consider my situation. I have a three hundred pound + buck goat that thinks he's in love with me and every chance he get, he tries to take our relationship to another level. He doesn't even like Jason or Ariel so they are 'elected' to care for all his needs. I do really like this big fella and he cuts the mustard with the gals but I refuse to be part of his kinky fantasies.
The only reason I'm considering culling her is because I have so many good broodies to work with. All three of my White Rocks, two of my NNs, and at least one of my other Dorking mixes (a much nicer one). This particular bird, Sierra, has always been flighty, irritable and annoying to me. She's the only bird I have that's persistently intent on escaping her run and even the entire back yard, and then runs the length of the fence line screaming to get back in. Of all of my birds she's probably the one most inclined to surviving int he wild, but she's smaller than what I prefer and lays really small eggs when she lays. The only reason I kept her and two of her sisters was to see if they'd be good layers as having cream/white colored eggs would add a little more variation to what I sell. (I butchered all of the male Dorking mixes long ago. They were delicious!) I'm still trying to decide what I want to do with her so for now I'll probably put her in the dog kennel for a day or so to try to break her broodiness since I seem to have broken the other broody as of today.
