Too many mamas?

[mtma]

Five hens hatched 13 chicks last week. Two are very good moms, keeping the chicks warm, etc. They are two-year old black astrolorp sisters. The other three are the first birds out of the coop in the morning and good at showing the chicks how to forage, but are not very cuddly, etc. with them. The astrolorp sisters try to attack the other hens. Should we get those three other moms out of the nursery coop, and back into the regular coop, leaving the 13 babies with the two sisters at this point?

 

[sourland]

I'd go with the hens that are keeping the chicks warm.