- Sep 20, 2008
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I watched a dvd recently about brooding chickens and there was a segment on allowing a mother hen to brood the chicks and then raise them. I was just wondering...how come the mother hen lets her chicks out in the grass (presumeably not in 90 degree weather, which is what it would be in week 2 in a brooder) and the chicks are just fine? I'm not looking to buck the traditional brooding guidelines. I'm just wondering why its different?