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    Chicken is doesn't want to leave nesting box and seems sick!

    Since they don't have a rooster I knew that the eggs weren't fertile, so after reading advice I decided to limit her access to the nesting boxes. It only took a couple of days for her to stop being broody and get back to normal. It's been a few months and I am surprised that my other chickens...
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    Chicken is doesn't want to leave nesting box and seems sick!

    I didn't know about crushed granite. there is plenty of different types of grit around the yard like many different types of very fine gravel. I also only learnt about oyster shells recently so will have to try getting some.
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    Chicken is doesn't want to leave nesting box and seems sick!

    They do have a rooster but no source of fertile eggs.
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    Chicken is doesn't want to leave nesting box and seems sick!

    Thanks everyone for the swift replies! I am in Queensland, Australia. It's good to hear that it is likely just broody. I guess then the only thing that confuses me is why she fluffs her feathers for a while and makes a weird noise (like she is uncomfortable) after I take her out of the coop...
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    Chicken is doesn't want to leave nesting box and seems sick!

    Hello, I am new to this forum so I apologise if I am not using it right. 10 months ago I bought four chickens who were still a couple off months of laying, 3 of them had grown up together and the oldest one was from a different flock. They have a chicken coop with a container for water that I...
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