please help my bantams need you

[lougy]

hi there i have a family of bantams living in my garden in a shed at the bottom of my garden i have a mixture of different colours. i let my hens nest in a fruit box with hay the perfect size for one hen well i had one hen go broody on the nest one week later another and a week after that another one jumped on to so i have three hens all in one fruit box very cramped i have moved the box in to a indoor rabbit cage so the other hens and cockerals dont attack or stress the babys now i have 13 eggs hatch but one of the mums is very aggressive towards some of the chicks but not the others what should i do because i dont know who the mum is to the hens as there all the other hens eggs aswell
please help
thanks in advance

 

[Auntie]

Put everyone in a bigger space. I raise rabbits and the cages are not very big. That way the hens can pick their own chicks and everyone can be happy. If a chick becomes motherless, you'll be aware and can raise it under a heat lamp.

 

[lougy]

thank you very much but there not spreading out i tryed to seperate the eggs in to individual boxes when they were sitting but they just gaver the eggs together do i need to lock the in seperate pens do you thing
also how many chicks do you think that a pekin bantam can cope with please

 

[Auntie]

Separate the brooding hens like you planned and give them an even amount of eggs. They can't count (I hope) and everyone should be happy. Should be . . . The hen will move the eggs around beneath her so they all stay warm. Just keep an eye on all of them to make sure they continue brooding.