Should I leave this hen broody?need opinions

[Chicken101-07]

I have 4 hens,last year I had 2 go broody at the same time,one was a great mom,the other one not so much,(not sure if it was my fault,didn't have chick feed and had to go buy some the day the chicks were hatching)the bad mom started attacking the little chicks,killed 1 before I gave them food,killed another 1 even though there was food in the feeder,stepped on or suffocated 2 more, not sure what happened the first night,next day she took out the eggs that were still hatching for some reason,I gave them to the other broody who was hatching her own chicks,she accepted them and the eggs hatched.I gave a second chance to bad mom and left her with 3 eggs that were starting to hatch,(I made a mess I know,didn't stop the other hens from laying in the broody nest so I still had chicks hatching 4 days apart.),to make the story short,the chicks did hatch,bad mom killed 2 and I removed the other chick from her,the other hen ended up caring for 19 chicks(all made it except 2 who fell victims to a snake).fast forward to today,I have another hen gone broody,she has been sitting for 1.5 weeks,now I have another hen trying to go broody and of course it's bad mom ,only reason I didn't end up selling her is because the chicks that hatch from her are beautiful,I'm sure it's her because she is the only black hen I own,my question is,should I give her a second chance or do some hens just make some terrible moms?she was a first timer broody.sorry for the long text.

 

[aart]

I have another hen trying to go broody and of course it's bad mom

She's already had two chances, correct?

I gave a second chance to bad mom

I'd break her.
You can still hatch her eggs, with an incubator or different broody hen.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I wouldn't let her try again. No sense in wasting the life of chicks for an experiment that's already failed. You state that the eggs that hatch from her are beautiful. If you want babies from her, let someone else hatch them.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

some hens are just terrible, at least i have heard of hens who want to do nothing but sit and then always kill the chicks. I would give her a second chance and if she fails... don't let her go broody

 

[Mrs. K]

If you have a current broody hen, that can trigger another bird to go. But if you have one already, and this one did not have a great track record, you could break her in cage.

I agree with ^^ you could try it again, but if it doesn't work this time, definitely don't let her do it again. You can always hatch her eggs, just give them to a good broody hen.

Mrs K

 

[rosemarythyme]

Yes I gave her a second chance with some chicks that were late hatches,didn't stop other hens from laying eggs in the nest when they first started so I had chicks still hatching 3-4 days later.

Once a broody has set mark the eggs she'll be hatching and remove any others being added to the pile, so that doesn't happen.

 

[aart]

hens that are already broody sitting in eggs won't stopped because of a temperature change,Right?

Nope, if they are truly broody, a mere temp drop will have no effect.
Had a hen set and hatch in Jan/Feb....temps were in the single digit and teen F's.

 

[Chicken101-07]

She's already had two chances, correct?


I'd break her.
You can still hatch her eggs, with an incubator or different broody hen.

Yes I gave her a second chance with some chicks that were late hatches,didn't stop other hens from laying eggs in the nest when they first started so I had chicks still hatching 3-4 days later.

 

[aart]

Yes I gave her a second chance with some chicks that were late hatches,didn't stop other hens from laying eggs in the nest when they first started so I had chicks still hatching 3-4 days later.

So her second chance was just days from her first failure?

 

[Chicken101-07]

Yes