Should mama go, or stay?

A while back I posted for help with a mama bantam who hen-pecked her chicks excessively. In the end, I gave them an upside down container with a hole in it so they could escape her when needed. Now I think they're old enough to leave her but I'm not sure. She's pecking at them again, even though she gets lots of time in the yard etc. etc. I'm posting a picture of the chicks when they were young (June 18). They're older now, looking a lot like messy teenagers--gangly. Only one has a comb so far. From looking at the picture and figuring their age as six weeks older that the pic, do you think I can remove mama from the chicks for good now? Or would they still be too cold at night? Thanks in advance.

awwwwwww they are so cute, Ihave a few of them with more brown tho. i have no advise there, I have not gone thru this part of chicken life YET.

I'm brand new to chickening myself, and I always seem to need help. We're the only people we know with chickens!

What are the temps like there at night? I have been putting my partially fledged Barnevelders out at night in a cage wrapped in a tarp with deep bedding and they seem to pile up and keep themselves warm. We get down into the high 50s low 60s at night, but are days are very warm--in the mid to high 90s.

We're around 50 at night and the 70's in the day. The mama is in with the other hens right now, but they don't like her. They've been chasing her around all afternoon :-( I don't have anywhere else to put her though. I posted a pic of them at the age they are now, if you want to see how big they are.

How many other hen do you have? If not very many, they might just be establishing the "pecking order". It usually takes a few days for a newby to fit in with the others. Then they would be okay. Just give her a place to hide from them. I have had this happen when I introduced new hens to my flock and after one of them brooded out of the henhouse a few years ago. They eventually accepted the new ones and also the one that came back after being broody.

GG

I only have four other hens, and the coop is big enough. If you want to see how big the chicks are now, check the post that says "I got a new picture" or something like that. I couldn't figure out how to put the new picture into this post so I had to start a new one. Sheesh!

Then if you give mama broody a place to hide from the others, you should be okay taking the chicks away from her. I have already looked at the chick pictures.

IMHO if you follow Catscans lead, you should have no trouble keeping them out at night.

GG

If temps in the 50's are okay, that's what I'll do. Is extra straw a suitable bedding? I think it must be

Extra straw, wood shavings (not cedar) or hay makes for excellent bedding.

Thank you all. They are all safely bedded down for the night. The morning will tell :)

Let us know how they did! Watch out for the dew.

main thing is to have a block from any drafts/wind...