Sounds like she is squatting in conjunction with the desire to breed with a rooster. When pullets go into adulthood, they start to present for breeding and they can present when a person approaches them or when a rooster approaches them. Not there myself, but this is my thought.
Do you keep chickens for eggs and for meat? If she is a pet only and you do not use your birds for meat, you might want to create an environment where she can thrive as a pet. However, if you keep chickens for the purposes for which they were domesticated in the first place, she might be a...
I wonder if anyone knows how many eggs a cochin, with all of the feathering could adequately keep covered for sufficient warmth and efficient hatching? I used to put 12 to 14 eggs under a brooding hen depending on the size of the eggs and the size of the hen. Putting too many seemed to ensure a...
My experience with broody hens is that they do not have a specific count down on the number of days they remain in setting mode. They interact with the egg/chicks especially during the final days development and they usually continue to sit on eggs that have live chicks in the egg, at least to...