We have two younger hens (apparently bantams) that started off laying strong this spring and have slowed and are pairing up in a nesting box much of the day. One seems maybe broody - like irritated when I pull them out. They are behaving seemingly normally once out, though often will get to the fresh water pretty quickly and with thirst.
I noticed a pretty full and hard crop on one when I got them out the other morning, but I think she probably had eaten before I came out. I’m in Albuquerque so we have been fairly warm for a couple of months. We got them in fall so they have never been through a spring before; is this, like, broody season? We have one other hen and pretty chill pecking order dynamics other than some dominance with the older hen getting in the coop to roost at night.
I noticed a pretty full and hard crop on one when I got them out the other morning, but I think she probably had eaten before I came out. I’m in Albuquerque so we have been fairly warm for a couple of months. We got them in fall so they have never been through a spring before; is this, like, broody season? We have one other hen and pretty chill pecking order dynamics other than some dominance with the older hen getting in the coop to roost at night.
