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Agreed.. I've also had hens boot chicks at 4 weeks.. and much also depends on other environmental factors like the weather pattern and how much time the chicks are spending warming up, in addition to flock dynamics. The mother hens have plenty of instinct built in and haven't read or don't care...

Yes, but also due to your choice of technique.. they may not be fully integrated with the flock as they should be by now. She may have continued brooding them (despite already returning to lay), even teaching them to roost.. but with human interference and separation before that possibility she...