She probably will defend her chicks from the rooster and not have anything to do with him for maybe 6 weeks or more. You will need to provide another location for her and the babies. Sorry, that's life. I use a wood box with a rabbit cage attached to the front for quite a while as a starting setup. By about 2 months they are much more able to get along, depending on the breeds.
I would not separate the mother hen from the chicks at 2 weeks. They likely will not survive, even with a heat lamp.
Diane S.
----- Original Message -----From: DBOSent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 6:52 PMSubject: [CHICKENS-101] Returning a mother hen back to the flockI would like to return my mother hen(s) back to the flock after the chicks are a couple weeks old because I do not have enough small individual pens to accommodate all the hens who incubated my hatching eggs and this way I would like to keep all the chicks together in one pen. I tried it on the oldest batch of chicks and discovered that this is not that easy. My rooster will not accept the hen back and is terrorizing her so I am going to separate him. Also, I feel guilty for separating her from the chicks and it is heart wrenching to watch her devotion. Does anyone have any tips on this?
Thanks, Jennie
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