This old hen says she aint leaving no matter what……She’s been chased by the dogs and damn near run over by the tractor and she’s still coming back for more……She’s been dusting in the same mowed area I was showing. I have found that some animals will do this when there are bountiful resources available in an area…....I’ve watched this with deer especially........There’s also a loaded pear tree right beside me that has lots of bugs around it and that's probably part of the draw to her as well…..…..I think there’s some kind of natural risk/reward assessment going on there and some of them choose to tolerate the risk due to the reward. I had a doe one year have her fawn in a patch of brush right beside my driveway about 50 yards from my house. She stayed there for a couple weeks at least tolerating our coming and going. I think that was a similar risk/reward situation for her.