Broody Hen

[PMD PerformanceHorses]

I recently had a broody hen, so I of course bought more chicks!
My hen keeps pecking the chicks/doesn't want anything to do with them. Any tips?? Should I keep trying to give them to her? I know she's still broody.
I've also tried sneaking them in the coop at night.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

If she's pecking them, don't leave them with her. How long has she been broody? She might not have been broody long enough to accept chicks. (Incubation for a chicken is 21 days.)

 

[PMD PerformanceHorses]

If she's pecking them, don't leave them with her. How long has she been broody? She might not have been broody long enough to accept chicks. (Incubation for a chicken is 21 days.)

I have took them away from her. Shes been broody for about a week and a half.
I have them under a heat lamp right now until I figure out what to do.

 

[MommyGirl]

She may have needed to be broody a little longer but sometimes it just doesn’t work out when you put chicks under mom, always have a back up plan