Australop hen screeching at me and raising her feathers

[NoNeck]

Hi!
The last week or so, my grey Australop hen has been screeching at me and even my husband and raising her neck feathers whenever I walk past her. Just to make it clear .. she is not in the nesting box when this happens. This happens when she is free ranging.
I dont know if it happens when shes nesting too as I don't like bothering them when they're laying.

 

[SmiYa0126]

@aart thoughts?

 

[LaFleche]

Hi!
The last week or so, my grey Australop hen has been screeching at me and even my husband and raising her neck feathers whenever I walk past her. Just to make it clear .. she is not in the nesting box when this happens. This happens when she is free ranging.
I dont know if it happens when shes nesting too as I don't like bothering them when they're laying.

Does she make clucking sounds also?

She might be getting broody.

 

[Quavo]

Yes, they will become broody if they want to have chicks. You don't need a rooster for them to be broody, the eggs just won't hatch

 

[Quavo]

But, she is just free ranging so I don't know

 

[NoNeck]

Does she make clucking sounds also?

She might be getting broody.

She is making some clucking sounds. Hopefully she holds off a bit! Im still waiting for my current babies to mature out of the "maternity coop" haha

 

[LaFleche]

So, mystery solved: she just wants to add some more chicks to your flock!