Thank you all so much for your replies and good advice! I'm hoping this all goes well and really want her to accept the chicks. I appreciate you all sharing your experience.
My blue Cochin, Petunia, has been broody for about 2 weeks and I plan to give her some chicks in a few days. She has been brooding in a nesting box in the coop. The coop is about 3 feet off the ground. I can put a lot of straw on the ground, so would that help their descent? Do you think they...