OK, so I look out andthere is silly mother hen with now only 6 chicks in the yard, right out in plain sight of the circling crows and a small hawk! So I decide to do the humane thing and set up a nice warm brooder tank in the house with nice clean water, feed and shavings. Well, these little suckers are louder than the most annoying alarm clock, mother hen can hear them outside, she at first doesnt even notice they are missing, then is at the door trying to get in the house...to heck with it all, they are back in the doghouse with her. That lasted about 6 minutes cause I just looked out and there they all are again, crow bait! Oh well, hopefully she will protect them and we will get a headcount at dusk.