I'm glad all four hatched. I also let my broody hens hatch and raise the chicks with the flock but my coop and probably run are different from yours. I'm not trying to scare you or discourage you but let's chat about a few things.
Sometimes my hens bring the chicks off of the nest within 24 hours of the first ones hatching. Some have waited until they are in the third day, well over 48 hours. Since all of your eggs have hatched the odds are it will be sooner than later. I set food and water on the coop floor where the chicks can get to it when the hen brings them off. The other chickens tend to treat any food I put out for the chicks to be a special treat, even if it is exactly the same feed they normally eat. I have to work to keep that food available. Also, chickens scratch a lot. They can cover any food or water on the coop floor in bedding. I put a piece of plywood on top of the bedding and set the water on that to reduce the amount of trash going into it but I have to clean bedding off of that plywood to stop them from scratching that in the water. The way I feed it stays pretty clean but you may have to do something with the feed too.
My coop is an 8' x 12' ground level walk-in. Yours is elevated and with your small number of chickens may be fairly small. Do you have enough room to put food and water on the coop floor? Do you have enough room for four more chickens. But lets talk about what happens next. My nests are 2' or 4' above the coop floor. When my hens bring the chicks off they never go back to the nest. The hen settles down on the coop floor when she warms the chicks or at night when they are sleeping. If your nest is near coop floor level she may take them back in there at night. It doesn't matter but I did not want you thinking she needs a nest. A lot of people on this forum seem to think that.
My pop door is about a foot above the coop floor and the run outside. The chicks can't all jump that high right after hatch, though you may be surprised at how well they can maneuver in just a couple of days. My broody hens tend to keep the chicks in the coop for a couple of days before they go outside. Once they go outside they go out every day and spend all day outside, with the hen bringing them in the coop to sleep at night. I have over 3,000 square feet available outside so they are not at all crowded.
With your coop elevated you probably have a ramp. I don't. What often happens the first few days is that when it is time to go inside the hen hops/flies up to the top of the ramp and calls her chicks. They crowd under the pop door but cannot get to her. They do not know to go to the foot of the ramp and walk up. They will learn in a few days but for the first few days you need to be out there as it is getting dark as they may need your help getting in the coop. Instead of a ramp I build steps both inside and outside of my pop door out of pavers. They may not know to use a ramp but they can climb those steps pretty well.
I don't know what your facilities look like or how your broody will behave. Each hen is different and we have different facilities. Good luck and enjoy.
Sometimes my hens bring the chicks off of the nest within 24 hours of the first ones hatching. Some have waited until they are in the third day, well over 48 hours. Since all of your eggs have hatched the odds are it will be sooner than later. I set food and water on the coop floor where the chicks can get to it when the hen brings them off. The other chickens tend to treat any food I put out for the chicks to be a special treat, even if it is exactly the same feed they normally eat. I have to work to keep that food available. Also, chickens scratch a lot. They can cover any food or water on the coop floor in bedding. I put a piece of plywood on top of the bedding and set the water on that to reduce the amount of trash going into it but I have to clean bedding off of that plywood to stop them from scratching that in the water. The way I feed it stays pretty clean but you may have to do something with the feed too.
My coop is an 8' x 12' ground level walk-in. Yours is elevated and with your small number of chickens may be fairly small. Do you have enough room to put food and water on the coop floor? Do you have enough room for four more chickens. But lets talk about what happens next. My nests are 2' or 4' above the coop floor. When my hens bring the chicks off they never go back to the nest. The hen settles down on the coop floor when she warms the chicks or at night when they are sleeping. If your nest is near coop floor level she may take them back in there at night. It doesn't matter but I did not want you thinking she needs a nest. A lot of people on this forum seem to think that.
My pop door is about a foot above the coop floor and the run outside. The chicks can't all jump that high right after hatch, though you may be surprised at how well they can maneuver in just a couple of days. My broody hens tend to keep the chicks in the coop for a couple of days before they go outside. Once they go outside they go out every day and spend all day outside, with the hen bringing them in the coop to sleep at night. I have over 3,000 square feet available outside so they are not at all crowded.
With your coop elevated you probably have a ramp. I don't. What often happens the first few days is that when it is time to go inside the hen hops/flies up to the top of the ramp and calls her chicks. They crowd under the pop door but cannot get to her. They do not know to go to the foot of the ramp and walk up. They will learn in a few days but for the first few days you need to be out there as it is getting dark as they may need your help getting in the coop. Instead of a ramp I build steps both inside and outside of my pop door out of pavers. They may not know to use a ramp but they can climb those steps pretty well.
I don't know what your facilities look like or how your broody will behave. Each hen is different and we have different facilities. Good luck and enjoy.
