Hi! New to everything. My broody hen got red roost mites. I was unable to completely eliminate while she was sitting and by hatch day she was pretty chewed up. I was worried about the chicks so I removed them as they hatched and bathed/dried them. Eggs started hatching on a Friday, continued through Saturday and by Sunday it was clear the remaining 3 weren't going to hatch so I bathed the broody, blow dried and gave her a night to rest. Her belly had been covered in scabs and I wanted to let them heal a bit. Early the next morning I brought the eight chicks back to broody and she made mean noises (I think?), then pecked one or two on the head in a harsh manner (to me). I tried again later with the lights off and just two chicks. This is my first broody and her first time and of course the chicks are new so everyone was confused. I encouraged the chicks to go to the broody and she didn't peck them as much, she seemed to look them in the eyes instead, and eventually they got under her. I brought three more and repeated the process successfully. I brought the last three and that seemed to overwhelm her and everyone got agitated. But with lots of encouragement and herding from me I got all the chicks under her and she sat. I came back a short while later and she got up to eat. The chicks did too and they were zooming around. But then it fell apart. After eating and drinking the broody wanted to preen and do her thing and pecked any chick that tried to come back to her, sometimes repeatedly. I tried to coax them back into harmony but gave up and removed the chicks after they were cold for too long. Should I try again doing something differently? I'm sure I did many things wrong and the broody is new to this as well. Or is this a lost cause and they are too old now that it's been five days since the first chicks hatched?