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(a) Left: Mother hens provide an important source of warmth and darkness for their chicks (Photo credit—J Edgar); (b) Right: Close up of the plastic fringed entrance to a dark brooder. Dark brooders have been employed in a commercial setting to simulate the warmth and darkness of a broody hen (Photo credit—Anne-Marie Gilani).
