Help! Moving nest

[Bellchicks18]

I have three broody hens that have been laying on eggs for awhile. They are free range, so they laid their eggs in my barn. I had just had my baby so I didn’t pick the eggs up and now they are broody. I didn’t think anything about it but this morning when I was in the barn a noticed one of the cats got a chick. . The cats leave the adult hens alone but I guess the chicks are to similar to the small animals they catch. Can I move the hens and the remaining eggs. We have a coop but these girls don’t like it and have never slept in there with the other hens or roosters. If I can move them would a box or crate where the chicks can’t get out be fine?

 

[Kiki]

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I'd move the broody to a safe place and hope she stays put.

Can you candle the eggs now to see how far along they are?
Maybe just pull the chicks as they hatch.

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