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Thank you for all the advice! Our coop is 5.5x6 so not tiny but not big either. It's full size so has more than one level. I took some measurements and I could fit a 3×2×2 crate in there. Very good point about the crates and slate spacing! I will have to add some chicken wire to either my...

20in tall, 24in long and 18in wide are the dimesions of the crate I have. It would fit in my coop but I think is too small.

My broody hen won't protect them?

I'm not sure I can fit a dog crate in my coop. The crate I have is likely too small also 😞 My smaller coop and pen would work but I think it is too early to intergate the 5 week olds to the older ones. How small of a crate is too small?

I bought 6 fertilized eggs for my broody to hatch (it's her first time being broody so I ordered a cheap incubator too jic). My question is: Do I need to isolate her with the eggs or chicks if they hatch? We have one other laying hen, 2 soon to be laying pullets and 4 5 week old chicks that are...