Need help figuring what to do with Hen and her chicks plus my new chicks from hatchery

[sean_wonder]

Just a thought- will she move to the floor of the coop to sleep with them when they outgrow the nesting box? I use Rubbermaid dish bins for nests. They’re a great size for that, but I think it’s going to get mighty tight in there in a couple of weeks with 8 babies.

Ha, probably not. I don’t have the pic on hand right now, but have a great pic of 2 moms and their 5 basically adult size babies crammed into one tiny nest box. One of the babies was even sitting on top of the mom pile. They’ll make it work until they can’t ;P