HELP broody hen kills chick

[OasiVerde]

@cmom That looks great!! I should build something like that too. I have my first broody and tried to move her and her eggs, but she keeps going back to the nest box. She is the one on the far left. Her eggs are about to hatch anytime now.

 

[OasiVerde]

I keep my broody's separate from the rest of their flock.
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Is she a Buff Orpington?

 

[cmom]

Yes, I don't have the Orpingtons anymore. Now I put the eggs in the incubator. I have a couple of broody's but I'm not going to let them sit.

 

[Cindycon]

Thank you! I will do that. My other broody hen has done some pecking at the chicks and they will peep, but nothing compared to my other broody, should I seperate her too or just keep a close eye?

I have two broody hens who's eggs have just started to hatch, this morning they were all packing around, the chicks are 0-4 days old. I went to check on them around 20min later and one of the mother hens had (this is graphic) pecked the chicks scalp until its bleeding. It's obvious it wasnt going to make it, and the hen kept pecking. I'm not sure who's chick it was, but the other hen didnt have a problem with it. What should I do? Should I seperate the hens from the chicks?

 

[Cindycon]

Same terrible thing happened with my two broody hens after I tried to move them to a separate area as the main coop is up off the ground and I thought the chicks would fall off down the gangplank.