Broody hen hatching eggs

[chickenfarmer21]

I have over 150 chicks and chickens all barred rock and I have a question about my broody hen that has been sitting on eggs for the last 3 weeks. Her hatch day was yesterday and she hatched 4 babies out!! She has quite a few under her still. I originally gave her 12 but she accumulated a few and lost a few. I have them numbered so I know what ones she got after the original date. My question though is, will she keep hatching out more even if she gets more than what she can handle or will she get up when she feels like she has enough babies? I ask this because I went out there today and there was one dead underneath her. The last one she had hatch out was the dead one. I'm just concerned about my other eggs wondering if I should take them and just incubate them or maybe it was an accident and if more hatch they will be fine? I don't know, this is my first time dealing with a broody hen so all of this is new to me. I'm used to incubating them and raising them myself lol.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Take them. If she accumulated them as she incubated, then they're behind and she'll have to decide sooner or later to abandon the nest or let her hatched chicks starve

 

[Mantisquailman]

I agree