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You don't need to leave the original nest. Just make sure there is plenty of dry bedding and she'll do the rest. She may take them out but for the first several days the hen usually doesn't. Cold isn't an issue as the chicks will just run back under her and she will warm them up. Do you have a...

No, not yet. They are too small and she hasn't started to integrate them into the flock. The broody will typically take them back to the area she hatched them in. They like to have themselves backed up to a solid wall or in a corner when the nest for the night.

I always remove any isolation barriers between the flock and the broody and her chicks when the chicks are highly mobile. The chicks are highly mobile at one week old. I would take down that netting immediately. What are you offering the flock for food now? She needs to feed the chicks chick...