Retired hen is acting strange

[rosemarythyme]

I let the chicks out with her this morning, she really tried to mommy them, but these guys didn’t really care. She crushed the cucumber for them, and she told them where there’s good chick feed for them, and they were like: yeah we know that already. They really enjoyed the bigger area to roam, jumped everywhere, exited through the bigger holes in the fence, she couldn’t confine them. They didn’t listen to her.

That's pretty good! They don't really need a "mommy" but if she's happy to sit with them she can still teach them a few things about being a chicken, even if they don't really want to listen (just like many little kids).