Don't overstress over a chick being 2 feet high. I've seen a broody get chicks out of a ten foot high hay loft. Mama say jump and they do. There is a video going around where one hatchery kind of shoots the babies off a conveyor belt. I've seen broodies catch a chick when they are scratching and send the chick head over heels. Those chicks have been fine. It is always possible they might get hurt, but them jumping out of a two feet high nest would be real low on my worry list.
The biggest worry about that would be to watch where the broody wants the chicks to sleep. Most of the time, mine keep them on the floor in a corner of the coop. But I had one that wanted the chicks to get up to the nest, which was maybe 12" to 14" high. Most made it but a couple could not the first night. I had to help them.
The biggest worry about that would be to watch where the broody wants the chicks to sleep. Most of the time, mine keep them on the floor in a corner of the coop. But I had one that wanted the chicks to get up to the nest, which was maybe 12" to 14" high. Most made it but a couple could not the first night. I had to help them.
