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First you need a setting hen. I have done it both ways. I have separated a hen and her chicks from the flock until the chicks were partially fledged and fully mobile. I have also allowed hens in a free range situation to continue on in a flock situation. In a coop or small run situation I...

Actually, most hens will readily accept foster chicks. As long as a hen has been broody for close to 21 days and the chicks are introduced at night - I don't think I have ever had a hen that would not foster the chicks.

The only hen that will foster chicks is a broody hen regardless of breed - the longer she has been setting, the more likely it will go smoothly. Just place the chicks under her at night so that she becomes accustomed to their movements and peeping and bonds with them.