Need advice about Broody Hen and Eggs vs Chicks

[breezy]

I have a broody Jersey Giant. She has plucked a strip of feathers down her chest and is sitting fluffed up in the nest box. I want to know the pros and cons of slipping eggs under her vs a couple of hatched chicks.
This is what I have been thinking:
Chicks can be purchased already sexed so I can be certain of what Im getting and makes it easier to sell when they are ready .
Eggs would be easier to lose than chicks if she fails to do her job well. Id hate to put a couple of chicks out there only to have something go really wrong and kill them.
I dont know which of these 2 thoughts makes more sense since they seem to have equal value for different reasons.
I also need to know if this hen has to be in a separate place or if she can successfully brood eggs/chicks in the coop that she shares with 3 BO.

I seem to remember my grandma letting her chickens raise their chicks in the coop without separating them but I dont know if thats a good way or not. I dont recall any issues with doing it that way other than one old hen would gather all the babies into a group whethor they were hers or not she kind of took them all under her wings.

Any thoughts or advice would be really appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Judy]

I've had good luck with slipping a few day old chicks under a broody -- but do it after dark. Have also given them eggs and had this work. I did have a broody kick a batch of added chicks out, though, so I had to set up a heat lamp and brood them myself. She didn't hurt them.

I have had I think 6 mamas raise 6 sets of chicks in the coop with the flock. No problem at all. The others mostly ignore the chicks, and if they get a little close or curious, she lets them know who is boss and runs them off.