Broody Pullet?

[PNW_Peepers]

I have a six month old Easter Egger that is displaying signs of broodiness. For the past week her behavior has changed dramatically. She’s rather puffed up all the time, and after she lays her egg in the afternoon (takes her about an hour to lay) she sits on it. She tries to bite me when I collect eggs. I’ve repeatedly for the last week had to remove her from the nest and coop after collecting eggs. Today she was plucking out her own feathers exposing a brood patch. My question is, is she actually broody? She’s still laying and all the info I’ve read has suggested that they won’t lay while broody.

 

[AlleysChicks]

If she’s laying she isn’t full blown broody. BUT she could be starting a broody streak. They lay eggs until there is enough to sit.

Some will say she’s too young to brood or that you are mistaken. My EE went broody at 5 months and hatched out 5 chicks. She was just broody again but no babies survived.

 

[aart]

If she’s laying she isn’t full blown broody. BUT she could be starting a broody streak. They lay eggs until there is enough to sit.

Agrees^^^
Have had pullets go broody too, they are pretty easy to break tho, sometimes just tossing them out of the nest does the trick.

Do you want her to hatch some eggs for you?
If not, as soon as she stops laying an starts spending the night on the nest,
break her of her broodiness in a wire bottom crate.

My experience went like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest, I put her in a wire dog crate with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

This is what I currently have her in. Today she quit laying and tried brooding on a golf ball all day. I put her in the garage, I’ll put her out tomorrow evening around roosting time to see how she reacts. Thanks for the advice!!!!