To take chicks away from a broody? I found a broody in my barn, thought something got her, eggs look day 15ish.... The weather is bad here still and it is so muddy. The coop is not set up for chicks. I have ducks too. Last fall I let a hen brood a few and within days they were either trampled, drowned or just came up missing. I summer is MUCH easier for the hens to raise there own around here the way it is set up. The only extra space I have to keep them is in the brooder inside. Not big enough for the hen. Man is she sneaky,,, I would have never let her do it this time of year. If I let her raise them outside, odds are they won't last long at all.....