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Depends.... How old are the chicks? What are your outside day and night temps like? If the picture is current they look pretty young. If your flock does not bother them I would hang a heat lamp in a corner and block it off from the others with openings just big enough for the little guys to come and go. I would also be giving them their own food and water in that space. If your flock is at all aggressive to them, I would personally separate them entirely.Really enjoyed reading your story. Seems like everyone is happy! We, too have a few broodies right now (noncomitted), but, one of our OEGB eggs in the incubator hatched alone, so I put the baby in with a Black Copper Marans broody sitting on a few eggs in the evening. She saw the baby as I tried to stealthily slide it under her wing. She gave me this incredulous look, but snuggled the baby right on in. They bonded right away. Another week later, we had one more OEGB single hatch, so I did the same thing, and she adopted the younger chick and the older chick was happy to find a friend follow him everywhere. The younger chick is surprisingly game with keeping up with the older chick. They both have full wing feathers now and are becoming independent. The Marans has been a good mama, but they are a few weeks old now and is losing her want to sleep with them- I catch her up on the roosting bar at night, then put her back in a dog carrier that I set up for them. They both don't seem to need her heat so much now, so, should I just let the mama sleep on the roosting bar now with the adult banties? (Ironically, none of the banties were broody, and these are their chicldren.) Here she is with the older chick. The younger chick was snuggled under her feathers.
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