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Thanks again, everyone, for the advice! Here's an update of them all resting together, all's being going well for the past week and hopefully will end well. I've observed for a couple more days as the bigger issue was the chicks being separated from mum as they didn't know where to flee. But as...

Thank you, I am telling myself not to step in, too. But I posted here because I saw her pick one up and fling it, which I read somewhere was violence. I thought the mama hen would snap then for sure, but she only bokked louder to gather her chicks closer to her. Would you recommend I still only...

Thanks, yes, she is a newbie (so am I). I don't want to lock away #3 because she's neurotic (long story lol), but I will definitely keep an eye until I'm confident the chicks know where to run.

Hi, hope the more seasoned chicken rearers can help me with deciding if my mother hen is protective enough. I have a hen with 4-day old chicks. She is the unchallenged boss of my little flock, rather mean. I have two other hens #2 and #3 (numbered equal to their pecking order). The mother hen...