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Delta, In my opinion, you don't do either. Let the babies and the mom figure it out themselves. All that you see going on on the roost, as hard as it is to watch, is perfectly normal. As long as there is no blood and no one getting truly hurt, all is well. The only time I would intervene is...

Yup, just to add to this.. Broody mom's leave their chicks at varying ages. I've had about 15 different mother hens and it just depends on the mom and the chicks. The average age is around 5 weeks tho so your chicks are right in that normal range when the mom left them. The chicks sometimes...