Broody at 5.5 months?

[aliciaFarmer]

I estimated that my silkies (which to be fair are smaller than yours) were only eating about a table spoon of food a day so it really isn't much at all. Great to keep an eye on her though as she is young and inexperienced and as you say might be scared to get off. Is there anyway you can build something around her so she has space to get up but feel secure the others cna't get in? My broody pen isn't very large (maybe 1.5 m x 4.5m with 2 broody coops in it) but I have a tyre in there for dust bathing and I put the food / water outside in the day which forces them to get up. If I am worried I tend to pick them up and put them out of the broody coops. They will generally have a poo, a drink, some food (but honestly not much) and a dust bath every couple of days then take themselves back.

That's so cute about your silkies. ♡ I actually *finally* got her to eat some crumbled hard boiled egg and a couple of peas this afternoon but it took a most of the day. I have her in a private little area in the back of our 8'x16' coop that's pretty small but way better than a nesting box -- it's probably 2'x3' with a small door and top for privacy and has room for her to get up, drink, poop, etc, or get out, which she hasn't done, still. I pulled her out to have a poo today but she just puffed up and plopped down on the coop floor and didn't go. I'll try again tomorrow, now that she's eaten. Ever since her clutch was hijacked a couple of days ago, she's not gotten up at all. The not drinking thing was worrying me so I added some water to her eggs (gross, but effective).