To move or not move...

[Lstumbo]

So I became a G'ma today. Question my girl is in a nest a few feet up. I don't want any of the babies to fall out, it has been getting cold at night where I am. All of the eggs have not hatched. If I move them to a safer location at this point will she abandon the baby and eggs that have not hatched?

 

[DobieLover]

So I became a G'ma today. Question my girl is in a nest a few feet up. I don't want any of the babies to fall out, it has been getting cold at night where I am. All of the eggs have not hatched. If I move them to a safer location at this point will she abandon the baby and eggs that have not hatched?

Wait at least 48 hrs after the first egg hatched them move her and her brood to a ground nest in the corner of the coop where the rest of the flock roosts.
Did she have a clean set? In other words, were no eggs added to her nest after she locked on and started incubation? If so, moving her and whatever chicks hatch within 48 hours of the first one should be fine.
If the incubation was staggered, that makes things much more difficult.
It's the flock already eating chick starter with oyster shell on the side?

 

[Lstumbo]

Wait at least 48 hrs after the first egg hatched them move her and her brood to a ground nest in the corner of the coop where the rest of the flock roosts.
Did she have a clean set? In other words, were no eggs added to her nest after she locked on and started incubation? If so, moving her and whatever chicks hatch within 48 hours of the first one should be fine.
If the incubation was staggered, that makes things much more difficult.
It's the flock already eating chick starter with oyster shell on the side?

 

[Lstumbo]

Yes all started within a day of each other. Hoping to have more when I get home today. I have starter that I am going to swap out. The rest of my flock is on layer.

 

[DobieLover]

Yes all started within a day of each other. Hoping to have more when I get home today. I have starter that I am going to swap out. The rest of my flock is on layer.

But the hen and her chicks should be in the flock. So the flock should be on starter with oyster shell on the side.

 

[Lstumbo]

But the hen and her chicks should be in the flock. So the flock should be on starter with oyster shell on the side.

 

[Lstumbo]

Yes I'm going to switch it all to starter