Broody? Or not....

[ChickenObseser9]

I have a pullet that recently started laying. About a day earlier she disappeared and came back at night! The next day she hung around until noon, and repeated yesterday. I soon found that she was going into the old pheasnt coops and probably had a nest. I was wondering if this counted as broodyness since she dissapeares for so long! Thanks!

 

[junebuggena]

If she's leaving the nest to go roost with the flock at night, she's not broody. It's not uncommon for a pullet to spend several hours on a nest. A broody will only leave her nest once or twice a day for about a half hour at the longest.