another thing I noticed, is it a regular thing?

[Reinbeau]

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Oh dear - please let us know if she comes home!

 

[Chicabee19]

I think it's the old nesting instinct gone just a tiny bit haywire.

Probably chicken ancestors (think dinosaurs) covered themselves with grass and other debris in order to brood their eggs.

 

[newchicks]

porteryork, Please let us know if Rosie shows up. I've read many times of missing chickens and they seem to usually show up. I lost one for just a day, but she was brooding in a nest she had made out in the pasture. I know it's scary, good luck.

 

[flakey chick]

I always thought it was a camouflage instinct. When they brood they are extra vulnerable. The xtra covering makes them blend right in.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

My hens pull it up close around them and make like a nest around their body's. It's cute! Never threw it on their backs though.

 

[Attack Chicken]

One of my pullets do that aswell