Another question on older chicks

[cjpines]

It depends on how big your coop is, the temperament of your chickens, the placement in the pecking order of your broody, and how fragile or robust the chicks are. Most people keep the broody or mama separate, (at least for a little while, then provide a place where the chicks can still get away from the bigger birds if they get picked on.) but still in the coop, where the rest of the flock can see her and the babies but can't molest them. Also, if she's sitting on eggs, the other hens should not have access to her nest box. They'll add new eggs, her eggs may be trampled, and she may get confused and return to the wrong nest when she goes out for her morning constitutional.

Good thoughts here, I'll need another coop. Tks.