BROODE HEN

[SERENITYFOWL]

HOW CAN I TELL IF A HEN IS BROODY. I HAVE 4 HENS AN 1 ROOSTER. THEY ARE FREE RANGE. THEY GO WERE THEY WANT TO. THEY HAVE BEEN SLEEP IN MY WOOD SHED. ALSO THEY HAVE BEEN LAYING THERE EGGS IN THERE WHICH I COLLECT ONCE A DAY. HAVE BEEN GETTING 3 FOR SOME TIME. NOW I ONLY GET 2. ONE OF THE HENS HAS BEEN ACTING FUNNY AND HAS WHEN SHE SHOWS UP FLARING HER FEATHERS AT THE ROOSTER WHEN HE COMES NEAR HER. PLUS SHE IS GONE A LOT. I HAVE SEEN HER IN MY GARAGE A LOT. I THINK SHE MAY HAVE A NEST IN THERE SOME WERE. THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES SHE CAN HIDE IN THERE. ALSO SHE IS MAKING A CLUCKING NOISE WHICH I HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFUL.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

She sounds broody

 

[beckycrouch5115]

Sounds broody to me!

 

[dunnmom]

Could be about to go broody. Mine usually display strange behaviors for a few days to a week before going broody. She may be in process of filling a nest, although some hens go broody even without a clutch of eggs. I know when mine are full blown broody when they won't stay out of the nest box they chose for more than an hour per day, empty or not.

 

[dunnmom]

They also look a lot like this when disturbed.

 

[SERENITYFOWL]

View attachment 1373491 They also look a lot like this when disturbed.

View attachment 1373491 They also look a lot like this when disturbed.

 

[dunnmom]

Lol! That's my broody Melina from last summer. Doesn't she just look like she wants to bite my face off? I had to take a picture.