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OP is in Texas, so winter isn't as cold as some places. A few pages back, there was a January update:

100 years ago, people got a lot less meat & eggs from their chickens. Also, the only chickens they had were the ones that survived under the system they used (different chickens for different climates and conditions.) Modern chickens are usually selected to do well under different conditions...

Some time ago I had a dozen chickens (8 different breeds.) A particular few would be out foraging quite a bit later in the evening than the rest--it looked like some went to roost because it was getting dark, but those few thought it was still light enough to hunt for food. So I suspected that...

I'm sure it would depend on the season, and the style of brooder. If the ground is covered in snow the chicks would not be able to forage anyway, but if you wait until the snow has melted then it's also warm enough for at least some kinds of brooder as well. I know I've read of people brooding...

Specifically, I think it worked when I found a hidden stash of eggs, and I took the real eggs while leaving some fake ones in their place. So the hens didn't realize the eggs were being swiped, and they kept laying in that same hidden nest that they were already using. But because I knew where...

Have you tried putting fake eggs in a nest when you take the real ones? That might keep them using the same spot, instead of starting a different one. It worked with the hens I had as a child, and saved me a lot of time hunting for nests. (Of course yours might behave differently than the ones I...