I have a hen who was broody and hatched three chicks. The chicks are about two weeks old now and she is in our chicken tractor with them. Any ideas???? I don't want to do it too soon, but if it would be better now, I would go ahead and do it. She is VEEERRYYY protective of them. We have a 6 week old kitten that she would have killed if she could the other day. He was simply checking out the chicken tractor with us there...and she went bonkers...