Help! Chicks hatching in nesting box

[My3Kids]

I am not sure what to do..my hen had 2 chicks hatch yesterday (I thought we had another week before it started) and I could never get her to move from the nesting box so we left her. She'll be sitting there for a while b/c it turns out another hen was getting in the box laying on her for about a week before we caught it.
So, I had planned to move the chicks from her as they hatch, but she is loving on them so much that I hate to. Should I move her and the chicks/eggs into the separate spot now?? Or just the chicks and leave her?
I know if one falls out she will go after it so I want to move them today.

 

[CAjerseychick]

we left the chicks with the mom, when she came down to poop and eat (3 days after the first chick hatched) we put them with her in a dog crate overnite and now have moved them out to the run in it with door open....I want her to raise the chicks (am so done with the whole heat lamp process) and want them to integrate with the flock and be raised with them (we have 10 other chickens)...

 

[6Esandchicks]

wow! sounds like a handful! our chhickens are only 9 wks old and im already hoping for a broody, is that crazy or what?!!!!
we have crossbreeds betweeen RIR and EEs any chance for a broody you think?

 

[CAjerseychick]

wow! sounds like a handful! our chhickens are only 9 wks old and im already hoping for a broody, is that crazy or what?!!!!
we have crossbreeds betweeen RIR and EEs any chance for a broody you think?

No idea, espec with cross breds though, you might have a better chance!

 

[JanO]

wow! sounds like a handful! our chhickens are only 9 wks old and im already hoping for a broody, is that crazy or what?!!!!
we have crossbreeds betweeen RIR and EEs any chance for a broody you think?

You're 9 week chicks won't become broody until next year, maybe. There's no way to predict it although RIR's tend to become broody more often, and are excellent mothers. At least mine are.

My3Kids I'd leave her alone and let her raise them. She'll bring them out when she's ready so don't push her. It's better for the chicks, and a lot easier on you. She knows what she's suppose to do, and I bet she will do it well. I don't even separate my mamas when the have chicks except on rare occasions when another hen might be trying to bully they.. Hens will protect their chicks with a vengeance. If you see a potential threat by all means move her, but don't isolate them. That makes it harder for her to integrate herself and the chicks back into the flock. Just give her a little space where she and here chicks can be seen, but not bothered for a few days.