hatching in high nest box

[julmba]

My hen decided to set on eggs in a nest about 3 feet high. Do I need to remove her and the chicks immediately when hatched? If so do I remove her from the flock of 10 hens & 1 rooster or just add something lower in the same coop? My flock is cooped during the night and work hours and free range weekends and evenings. Thank you.

 

[Birdinhand]

the height is not a problem but I would definitely create a separate brooder. my hens made short work of a chick that got separate from it's mom when I had the door open, unfortunately I didn't notice. within a few minutes they had dismembered it, swallowed it's head whole and were playing tug of war with it's wings... I was horrified.