Can I successfully seperate a hen and her chicks?

[rhino1157]

I moved the hen and her 7 surviving chicks into the stock tank I use as a brooder. Broomhilda as I have taken to calling her. She has become one vicious hen with her break. Would it be OK to put back with flock and keep her chicks in the house. Never had a hen actually have a successful hatching.

 

[Silkie2005]

How old are the chicks?

 

[Shadrach]

I moved the hen and her 7 surviving chicks into the stock tank I use as a brooder. Broomhilda as I have taken to calling her. She has become one vicious hen with her break. Would it be OK to put back with flock and keep her chicks in the house. Never had a hen actually have a successful hatching.

Why would you want to do this?
Keep the hen and her chicks together. It's the whole point of having a broody hen raise her chicks. If you need to move them, move them all together.

 

[Fluffyflufffluff]

I moved the hen and her 7 surviving chicks into the stock tank I use as a brooder. Broomhilda as I have taken to calling her. She has become one vicious hen with her break. Would it be OK to put back with flock and keep her chicks in the house. Never had a hen actually have a successful hatching.

When the mama hen is nervous and doesn't want to be around the chicks, you need to let her go. It doesn't really matter if the chicks just hatched, or if they're fully feathered. Some mamas just call it quit after the eggs have hatched. If that's the case, you're just going to have to move the baby chicks to the embroiderer.

 

[rhino1157]

How old are the chicks?

How old are the chicks?

3-4 days momma Broomhilda has devoloped a real nasty disposition have wear glovesto change out water, and feeder. She pecks at me hard enough to break the skin.

 

[pinknblackchaos]

But i don't want my chicks embroidered.