Clocking Hens

whelaneng

Hi, Im new to this forum and looking for advise. I keep a dozen hens and I have 4 Bantons too. 3 of the banton are now sitting in the nest boxes all day long. I sourced fertilised eggs from a friend and im thinking of moving the 3 nest boxes out of the hen house and into the shed. I have an area ready but im not sure should I seperate the 3 hens or will they fight after the chicks hatch. I hatched chicks under a normal laying hen last December and it got a bit crowded in the hen house. Thats why im moving them to my shed. So my question really is will one area be ok or do they need 3 seperate spaces???

Thank all in advance

2 boxes in pics, i'm waiting on eggs to put under 3rd hen. was going to put it between these two.

bertie1

When the chicks come keep them seperate until all the eggs are hatched or until each hen leaves her own nest with her clutch. I have had hens clocking , where one was a week behind the other , the one that hatched first brought her clutch into the second nest box , & both came out the following morning with the same clutch & reared them , the second hen abandoned her own eggs because she though some of the clutch was hers.