Chicks due and other hens into nest

[chicChickChick]

Waiting on chicken in the next 3-5 days. Mama is brooding but other hens come in daily to lay eggs in her nesting box. ( not the other five boxes we have).

Any idea what to do?

I don’t want to move her whole nest this late in the game, but if I block off her box only, she won’t have food and water access.

Box is off the ground 4 feet and in a row with the other boxes.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I did. Moved the mama hen and eggs. I didn't want the other hens stomping on the eggs and breaking them ... or stomping on the chicks and killing them ... or the chicks falling out of the nest. It was the only sensible thing to do, I thought. I had DH grab the hen, and I loaded up the eggs and as much of the nest as I could get, onto a garbage pail lid, and off we went to the well house, the only safe place we had at the time. They settled in just fine and mama hen brooded them there till she was ready to take them outside. We actually had 4 broodies at the time and we moved them all! If you don't have a brooder can you set her and the eggs in a corner on the floor? Or in a dog crate, with food and water?