Taking chicks away

[momma chickie]

So I have a super good momma hen and we will be rehoming her chicks next week...what is the best way to separate her.
Ideas so far:
Bring chicks in the house the day before
Lock her out of the brood pen and leave the chicks in for a few days
Just take the chicks as new owners arrive to claim them

And...is it better to send the chicks off to their new home in the morning or the evening...or does it matter?

 

[igorsMistress]

How old are the chicks? Is the broody still raising them or has she left them to fend for herself?

 

[momma chickie]

They are 19 days old. She still is with them in the pen and takes them under and around her at night inside of a crate. She doesn't follow them around but she still makes sure they come to eat when I put food down for them...and if I hand feed her treats she will take it from my hand and drop it to her babies, clucking at them to eat it and then she will eat the treats that are left.
She is pretty attentive although the babies run in and out of the back of the brooding cage where there is a fenced in gap...she used to get upset when they did that but she doesn't anymore.

 

[momma chickie]

How old are the chicks? Is the broody still raising them or has she left them to fend for herself?

They are 19 days old. She still is with them in the pen and takes them under and around her at night inside of a crate. She doesn't follow them around but she still makes sure they come to eat when I put food down for them...and if I hand feed her treats she will take it from my hand and drop it to her babies, clucking at them to eat it and then she will eat the treats that are left.
She is pretty attentive although the babies run in and out of the back of the brooding cage where there is a fenced in gap...she used to get upset when they did that but she doesn't anymore.

 

[FC16]

They are 19 days old. She still is with them in the pen and takes them under and around her at night inside of a crate. She doesn't follow them around but she still makes sure they come to eat when I put food down for them...and if I hand feed her treats she will take it from my hand and drop it to her babies, clucking at them to eat it and then she will eat the treats that are left.
She is pretty attentive although the babies run in and out of the back of the brooding cage where there is a fenced in gap...she used to get upset when they did that but she doesn't anymore.

What did you do in the end? I was wondering this question myself, when one of mine go broody I’d love for them to be able to hatch some chicks but I wouldn’t be able to keep them and would want to rehome.