What are the best breeding methods?

[EdTheChicken]

With Spring fast approaching, I really want to get started with breeding. I currently have a flock of 8 ( I cockerel, 6 Hens ) which I would like to expand to around 15. However I am unsure about the best methods. The chickens are currently living in house which holds a maximum of 15. They spent some of time in a large enclosed pen, which is connected to the house, and the rest of the time out in the garden grubbing.
I would prefer to breed naturally using a broody, and keeping the broody and the chicks in the same house as the rest of the flock to avoid having to buy/make another house.
I was wondering whether this is a feasible method of breeding, and if not, what other methods would be the best.

Thanks

EdTheChicken
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[Lordcluck]

Although it's not impossible to run a broody and chicks with the main flock, it would be safer for the chicks and better for the mother's peace of mind if they were given their own coop and run.
A hen set to brood in the main house/run will be disturbed by other hens attempting to lay in her nest. She will almost undoubtedly allow them to do this, so her clutch will increase and incubation will be disrupted. If she does succeed in hatching chicks, she may become over anxious at the close Proximity of other hens, and become aggressive with them, and then fail to brood her chicks properly as a result.
A seperate broody coop and run set up within the main run should be all your hen needs to sit, hatch and rear her brood without trouble.