ameraucuna hen acting weird

[Zanlm]

I have a 1 year old that has laid about 10 eggs recently. the past week or so she hasn't laid any. She is going around acting like she is searching for a nest all over the barn. I have looked in ever tiny spot I can find. Moving everything and nothing. I have even changed the hay and wood hips in the nesting box and put up nice curtains for the hens. I don't know what is going on.

 

[Judy]

I'd just keep an eye on her for a while. It is possible she is in the process of going broody.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/guide-to-letting-broody-hens-hatch-and-raise-chicks

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/encouraging-or-discouraging-broodiness-in-your-hens

 

[Zanlm]

I'd just keep an eye on her for a while.  It is possible she is in the process of going broody. 

 
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/guide-to-letting-broody-hens-hatch-and-raise-chicks

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/encouraging-or-discouraging-broodiness-in-your-hens

O thanks! Maybe that would explains why herRoo is attacking me as well!! That would good. Only she has no eggs. I'd love that!

 

[Zanlm]

After reading I'm not sure she is going broody. She just seems like she doesn't want to lay her eggs in the nest boxes I have for them. Could it be to many in the coop?

 

[Judy]

It's possible. Sometimes they just decide to do things that have no reason to us, though. I have an oversized coop and more than enough nests -- we used to have a good deal more chickens. One hen decided one day that she referred to lay her eggs in the shop building next door. After a few months she returned to the nests in the coop. I still have no idea why. They also change their minds about which is the "favorite" nest regularly, for no apparent reason.

 

[Zanlm]

Well that's good to know. She is my only blue egg layer so I really miss them. I think I need to figure out how to "MAKE HER HAPPY" lol