Broody Killing Hatching Eggs

[MissTracy]

So a few of my chickens have gone broody, and I let them finish incubating some guinea eggs. Well, not one but two different hens started killing them as they were hatching. I moved the rest to the incubator, but just wondering if anyone else has any experience with that?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've had hens kill chicks. Usually it's an inexperienced hen, or when there are multiple bromides near each other. Not every broody is a good mom or knows what she's doing.

 

[MissTracy]

So at first they were kicking them out of the nest, but then they started pecking them as they started hatching. Thought there was something wrong with the keets at first, because I had to wait for their feet to uncurl but otherwise they were fine. Oh well. Learned my lesson