Will baby chicks stay with mama?

[peregrino]

I have a coop that will contain my hens but not their chicks. I'm afraid they're going to slip through the welded wire fencing and run off. Right now they're sticking close to mama hen. Do I need to pull the chicks out and raise them separately or will they stick with mama until they are pullets?

 

[Apis mellifera]

They typically stay with the hen, but you could lay some temporary scrap lumber or screen around the run a couple inches high.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I put some bird netting around the bottom of the run to keep my chicks in with the mom. Even though they stuck with her one got out and couldn’t figure out how to get back in.