Should I let my broody hen hatch one duckling?

[AngelinaThePekin8]

One of my chickens went broody around the 28th of July, she had a good amount of eggs but after almost a week the other chickens and ducks knocked them out of her nest and ate them so she lost the majority of the first eggs she "collected" most of the eggs have been duck eggs and one or two chicken eggs. She had two duck eggs left from the second time I gave her some eggs, one was lost yesterday.
I don't exactly know how far along this last egg is my question is should I let it hatch? It would be by itself no other chicks or ducklings only Turkey the broody hen and I could possibly let it be with my cayuga duck hen who hatched two ducklings in the past and raised them but since she isn't and wasn't broody Im not sure if that's a good idea.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

If shes with other birds no egg will ever hatch if it does the others will kill it

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

If shes with other birds no egg will ever hatch if it does the others will kill it

My cayuga had to raise her ducklings in a fenced in area away from chickens but the other ducks including the drakes were able to be in with her and they did fine, but that was a different situation from now. I was hoping Turkey would be able to keep at leas keep two chicken eggs or duck eggs but she always lost the chicken eggs to the other birds. We got a new coop yesterday so hopefully in a few days it will be where it needs to be and will be cleaned. It also has a run which the current coop doesn't have. So that should be a better setup then the current coop.
I think she might go broody next year or some other hen will and by then we will definitely be more prepared for it. I don't mind if she can't hatch anything, Im no sure if having one duckling is a good idea or not at least with the broody being a chicken.

 

[BelovedBirds]

My cayuga had to raise her ducklings in a fenced in area away from chickens but the other ducks including the drakes were able to be in with her and they did fine, but that was a different situation from now. I was hoping Turkey would be able to keep at leas keep two chicken eggs or duck eggs but she always lost the chicken eggs to the other birds. We got a new coop yesterday so hopefully in a few days it will be where it needs to be and will be cleaned. It also has a run which the current coop doesn't have. So that should be a better setup then the current coop.
I think she might go broody next year or some other hen will and by then we will definitely be more prepared for it. I don't mind if she can't hatch anything, Im no sure if having one duckling is a good idea or not at least with the broody being a chicken.

I have no experience with broodies, but I would personally say that 3 is a good minimum for ducklings- the mama chicken wont be able to teach the ducklings to be ducks- but they will be more likely to learn how with eachother. Whether 1 could work, I don't know. I'm certain 3 would be better.
She would need to be fenced away from the other birds so that the eggs/babies would be safe, though.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

I have no experience with broodies, but I would personally say that 3 is a good minimum for ducklings- the mama chicken wont be able to teach the ducklings to be ducks- but they will be more likely to learn how with eachother. Whether 1 could work, I don't know. I'm certain 3 would be better.
She would need to be fenced away from the other birds so that the eggs/babies would be safe, though.

Thank you for all the advice, I was originally planning on separating her but I couldn't get an individual pen thing set up for her. I was going to stop her if she lost one or both of the last two eggs but decided to wait a little longer but now I'm going to make her stop today.
It's been getting colder at night here too so I'm not sure it'd be good to have really young ducklings or chicks.
Hopefully next year if anyone goes broody they'll have better chances as the ducks and chickens should be separated by then (they'll still free range but they'll be in different coops at night).

 

[Quarterhorses1]

My family members in Virginia hatched one baby and the mama takes great care of it!

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

My family members in Virginia hatched one baby and the mama takes great care of it!

My biggest concern is it possibly being lonely and the weather it's been getting nights have been getting below 50°f at night this week Im not sure how well it would do with the cold nights and I don't know how much colder it will get at night if it will get colder.

I think I'm still going to wait a little longer to take action at making Turkey stop but I am not sure just yet.
I'm glad that everything is great with the broody hen and duckling or chick that your family members have.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

I still am not sure about tossing the egg yet. I think im going to wait till tomorrow to decide weather or not I'll let her sit on the duck egg until it either hatches or gets broken. If I decide not to throw away the egg then I'll let her continue sitting on it and leave her in the coop most likely, she seems to be doing a good job of keeping the ducks and chickens from getting the duck egg so I don't think I'll seperate her until I know for sure if I'm going to let her hatch it.

I woud have thrown the egg away yesterday or even today but It is already developing veins and all that and it doesn't feel right to me to throw it away, Turkey put in so much effort and is still doing that and when I know it's developing it makes it hard for me to throw it away, do any of you feel that way about throwing developing eggs in the trash (or however you dispose of them)?

A) Should I just do away with the egg today?
B)Or should I let Turkey continue sitting on it.

If I do let her continue im going to be pulling her off the nest twice a day to let her eat and drink so she can start gaining more weight.

 

[Yardmom]

Temperature is not going to be a problem. My hens have raised chicks in winter. The lone baby will think it is a chicken, but better a duck thinking it's a chicken then a chicken thinking it's a duck. Young birds do better in groups, but I have had more than one batch end up single and be fine. Have you blocked the hen so the others can no longer disturb her? Also in the future set eggs to all hatch the same day.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

Temperature is not going to be a problem. My hens have raised chicks in winter. The lone baby will think it is a chicken, but better a duck thinking it's a chicken then a chicken thinking it's a duck. Young birds do better in groups, but I have had more than one batch end up single and be fine. Have you blocked the hen so the others can no longer disturb her? Also in the future set eggs to all hatch the same day.

Well I was going to let her handle it all herself but I guess with the way everything is and was that didn't work very well, if she was going to hatch any I wanted her to at least hatch three ducklings or chicks preferably chicks cause Turkey's a chicken (I forgot where I was going with that sort of)

I will separate her today then and hopefully she can get it to hatch and hopefully it'll be healthy and not have any deformity or anything. Im thinking the duckling if the egg hatches will be a blue swedish+cayuga cross or a khaki Campbell+cayuga or pekin+cayuga.