Feral mommas will take care of their babies. She wouldn't let them come to harm. In most cases.
Hope all works out.

Another thing to note, the vast majority of first time feral cat queens do not take care of their offspring. The first litter tends to die due to neglect. It is rare to get a first timer to raise a complete litter.

Fix the queen first, since she can come into heat before she is finished suckling the kittens and become pregnant again. When the kittens are about 5 months old, get them fixed.

I hope they are doing better.One thing I've learned from painful experience is you have to let her take care of her own.Don't touch them,don't hang around them,just act as if they aren't there.Sounds merciless and cruel,but 9 times out of 10 she will move them to a better spot when she feels safe enough to do so and especially if your or anything elses scent isn't on them.I'm afraid if you do move them,the plant holder,or interfere she will abandon them.And that young sadly they won't likely survue even if you took them in and bottlefed them.It's painful to watch and deal with,but all you can do is hope for the best.If she is a good mother with strong instincts and experience she'll most likely move them.If she does let her be,wait till their weaned before trying to handle them.Been through this a million times,constantly have people drop off strays that turn out pregnant.If only spaying wasn't so expensive! the males are no big deal,the females are outragious,but has to be done.Best of luck,hope her and the babies are doing fine.

Thanx everyone for your input!! So far Mama cat is doing much better, she lets us pet her and she is eating the food we put out. Maybe she wasnt as feral as she first perceived. I knew not to touch to her kittens also, and It was hard because they were so damn cute but I reframed. Sad news is one of the kittens is missing and we have looked and looked for it but cant find the poor thing. The rest are doing well. I just need to find a way to keep them from fall out of the flower pot when they really start walking lol! They've got their cute little eye open and crawling around now!!

Thanx again everyone, even the people who told me the harsh reality of what can happen :) Thats one of the reasons I was worried, I know not all mama cats are good moms, but hoped for the best!! Thank you!!

Oh I went through this situation too! (Brings back memories!)

Only this Mama cat had her litter in a neighbor's outdoor dog house, that was trying to be used by... um, the family dog! To defend her little ones, Mama was strutting & hissing from side to side, patrolling her turf. Once I found out that one of my husband's brothers (who lived up on the hill to the house) was coming down with *a beebee gun* - I had to make a move!!!!

We hatched a plan. Although hissy and protective, when we brought out an opened can of tuna, Mama bypassed her fear of us for the food. She was famished, and desperately hungry. While taking bites, she kept her eyes on us, and over time, she eventually knew we were there for peace & help. Once close enough, I peeked inside at the pile of black fur babies in the corner. Oh boy. We knew we had to move everybody.

Once enough trust was built (by just hanging around, inactive), we brought out a cat carrier, with more tuna inside. Mama zipped right out, and into the carrier like a dream for more food. We closed its door, and kept her nearby so she could see if she wished, as we moved the kittens, one by one. We always kept them all together. We, lucky enough, had a spare bedroom in our house, that we chose to use for them. We brought everyone inside, gave them fresh water, warm blankets, litter boxes, and many areas in the room that had different style pet beds, so Mama would be able to *choose* one they would feel most comfortable in. We could tell Mama had almost never been in a house before. She looked so unnatural. But we built up enough trust for her to then focus completely on her kittens. And she did.

Come to find out (while researching, while raising them), that female cats, after giving birth, need almost TWICE as much food, due to the mechanics of her body, producing the milk to feed her young. If we had just left her in the first place... I just knew, she was having problems getting food, along with the stress of her environment. (Yes, and twice as many times changing her littler box, feew!) It was such an experience watching the family grow. What'd we get out of it? Well, a chair scratched to shreds (when we tried letting Mama out of the kitten room for some peace on her own), much laughter (seeing the kittens squatting in their littler box for the first time) & climbing around like little monkeys, and an amazing learning experience! When the kittens were fully weaned, we had the sad day of putting Mama and the young ones up for adoption at the Vet in town, that has an adoption center. It was so hard to let go, but they all needed to begin their own journeys.

And yes... I did keep a kitten. I chose the one, who chose me. He has been the love of my life, and in my book, the best cat in the universe! :)