Broody after 2 weeks of laying?

[MROO]

Both my broodies will shriek when you walk in the coop. If they hear your voice from outside the coop, they shriek. That doesn't mean yours will, but I know when they are thinking about going broody when they start acting like little dinosaurs.

Yup - and then there's the ever-present "stink-eye." If she goes genuinely broody, you'll generally know it pretty quickly!

 

[chickeneinstein]

I have a rhode island red that layed on the other chickens eggs and i would be the only one she would let close, the others she peck and growl at. She also took out some of her chest feathers and most of her belly feathers. My guess was that she was broody. What do you'll think?

 

[aart]

I have a rhode island red that layed on the other chickens eggs and i would be the only one she would let close, the others she peck and growl at. She also took out some of her chest feathers and most of her belly feathers. My guess was that she was broody. What do you'll think?

She's no longer doing this?
Sounds like a broody to me, especially the breast feather plucking...but other behaviors are important too.

 

[chickeneinstein]

Yea, she's done.

 

[aart]

Yea, she's done.

How old was she and how long did she stay broody?

 

[chickeneinstein]

3 weeks and she is about two.