I had my first hatching this week and so far I have tried to let her do all the work and left her alone and watched from afar. However tomorrow I'm planning on taking her chicks from her for about an hour to check them out myself and to get a count & all but after a friends story of a hen turning on her chicks after she handled them has me nervous. Any advise for taking them from her and then giving them back to her? I plan on setting up a playpen so she can stretch her legs while I check out the chicks and they also get their first taste of outside so don't plan on completely removing her but also don't want to have to fend her off from pecking me constantly.
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