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No heat lamp is necessary. Mom will keep them warm, and show them food and water. Mom will also scratch the food all over so be prepared for that. Hopefully your hen is a good mom. Sometimes they have no clue what chicks are so watch them all carefully and remove chicks if she gets aggressive...

Also hopefully you are around on hatch day. Sometimes chicks jump out early. So watch them or try to confine them in the nest box during hatch.

Move her after most or all have hatched. Most are fine at that time. Moving them before they hatch may cause your hen to abandon them. So either move her before you give the eggs, or after they hatch.