Jeninoz
Songster
Gday everyone, I love this forum and love keeping chickens
I’m still new to keeping chickens I had a solo hen
. She followed me around everywhere so I got a rooster to keep her company. They get along fine but the rooster was scared, difficult to handle and didn’t go back to roost in their coop at night. So we locked the rooster in the coop for a few days to ‘home’ him.
Meanwhile I got 3 chicks I’ve been nurturing in a pet carrier. I took the pet carrier to my hen so they can get acquainted but the very next day my darling hen was biting my fingers and won’t budge out of the coop!
So from this forum I realised she’s gone broody .
I think it would be lovely if she might adopt the chicks. They are 3 weeks old.
So, I want to move the broody hen with her nesting box to a new coop so she can look after the chicks away from the rooster. But not sure she will let me move her? I’m scared to put chicks in same coop as rooster. And may be the hen and rooster would like to stay together.
Has anyone any suggestions?
I’m still new to keeping chickens I had a solo hen

Meanwhile I got 3 chicks I’ve been nurturing in a pet carrier. I took the pet carrier to my hen so they can get acquainted but the very next day my darling hen was biting my fingers and won’t budge out of the coop!
So from this forum I realised she’s gone broody .
I think it would be lovely if she might adopt the chicks. They are 3 weeks old.
So, I want to move the broody hen with her nesting box to a new coop so she can look after the chicks away from the rooster. But not sure she will let me move her? I’m scared to put chicks in same coop as rooster. And may be the hen and rooster would like to stay together.
Has anyone any suggestions?