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Thank you for the replies. I got another pen set up for the look but no see for all. Hopefully that will be enough to safely get them all used to each other within the coop. Luckily I have extra dog kennel panels laying around that make for an easy make shift barrier. I’ll prob give mama a few...

I’m absolutely not ok with this, hence why I am asking. Broodys raise chicks within the flock all the time, which is why I was wondering what that look like with older chicks. I’ll keep them seperate if needed, but no need to assume I’m ok with losing a chick because it’s practical. 😞

It wouldn’t be look no touch with the broody and her chick. They would actually share the space but be seperate from the rest of the flock. I’m hoping the broody would protect her chick from the youngsters, but she’s so docile that maybe she’d be ok with the youngsters. Playing with fire?

So I currently have 5 3.5 week old chicks in a brooder. We decided to let my broody Salmon Faverolles try to hatch chicks. Of the 7 eggs we let her set on, and after multiple deaths, she has one healthy chick That hatched 2 days ago. My dilemma is this- I have broody and her chick out in a...