Chicken going Broody too young?

[BossTorres89]

Its bigger than it looks lol

Do you have a picture of your coop?

 

[BossTorres89]

That's a mighty tiny coop.

The chickens only sleep in the coop or lay eggs in the box the rest of the time they are our in the yard or in the coop.

 

[BossTorres89]

The chickens only sleep in the coop or lay eggs in the box the rest of the time they are our in the yard or in the coop.

Kennel*

 

[BossTorres89]

That's a mighty tiny coop.

I only have four chickens.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My youngest is 8 months and she went broody like a week ago

 

[BossTorres89]

My youngest is 8 months and she went broody like a week ago

OK good to know thank you. I'm new to chicken raising this my first time I appreciate it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The chickens only sleep in the coop or lay eggs in the box the rest of the time they are our in the yard or in the coop.

Even though hens only sleep in the coop, it is advisable to give them at least 4 square feet per bird. This is so they have enough room to flap their wings and turn around on the roost as they adjust their balance and get settled for the night without bumping into each other or knocking each other off the roost. Crowding can cause behavioral issues like pecking and bullying. It's hard to tell from the picture how big your coop is, but it does look rather small, even for four birds. This is not meant as a criticism, but as a way to assist.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My youngest is 8 months and she went broody like a week ago

We had Buff Orpingtons that went broody about 3 weeks after they started laying. I did not know how to break them of it at the time. Between 4 of them they hatched 8 babies and they all made wonderful mothers. Of course I got zero eggs from them all summer as they were all busy hatching eggs and raising babies! Now, thanks to all the combined wisdom and experience of the helpful people here on BYC, I DO know how to break a broody hen! And I am getting lots of eggs, so hooray!

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[BossTorres89]

Even though hens only sleep in the coop, it is advisable to give them at least 4 square feet per bird. This is so they have enough room to flap their wings and turn around on the roost as they adjust their balance and get settled for the night without bumping into each other or knocking each other off the roost. Crowding can cause behavioral issues like pecking and bullying. It's hard to tell from the picture how big your coop is, but it does look rather small, even for four birds. This is not meant as a criticism, but as a way to assist.

OK good to know thank you. The bottom floor is also enclosable and thankfully there is no bullying to anything like that. Yeah I looked it up with the bottom and top combined its enough for 4 birds no problem. I appreciate the feed back.

 

[BossTorres89]

We had Buff Orpingtons that went broody about 3 weeks after they started laying. I did not know how to break them of it at the time. Between 4 of them they hatched 8 babies and they all made wonderful mothers. Of course I got zero eggs from them all summer as they were all busy hatching eggs and raising babies! Now, thanks to all the combined wisdom and experience of the helpful people here on BYC, I DO know how to break a broody hen! And I am getting lots of eggs, so hooray!

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I'm glad I'm not the only one I was worried I was doing something wrong for her to be so interested in egg laying! Yikes! Lol OK thank you for sharing your story.