Hi, thanks for posting this thread as it is the very question I need answers too. Unfortunately I have put food in the next box as she hasn't left it in four days. Or if she has, it is at a time of day that I don't see her. Should I put some sort of box on the ground and move her and the eggs to it so they can all easily access food and water at the babe stage? This is dumb, how do newly hatched chicks feed? Does the hen feed them?