Chicken obsessed with nesting box!

[rosemarythyme]

How long will my chicken not lay for? It has been awhile and no egg from her... she isn't acting lethargic or anything but...

After broodiness, it's normal for chickens to not lay for 2 or so weeks, but it can be longer than that.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I came home to the regular greeting from Garnet. No egg but she did get the hint. I didn't try this but was getting ready to. She is only 9 months. After removing her from the nest several times a day and putting her on the roost at night she was/is out with her girls today. Soooo, today is 5 days without an egg. This link was shared from my question from another feed. THANK YOU!

 

[SapphireVL]

First make sure she is actually broody.
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?

If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.


Using a breaker cage is the best and fastest way to break them, IMO.
My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire(1x2) on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

After 48 hours I let her out of crate very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate for another 48 hours.

Tho not necessary a chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor, gives the feet a break from the wire floor and encourages roosting.
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Thank you for your explanation and photo -- this is so very helpful! I am a new flock owner, currently having the same issue with one of my hens and your answer here is the information I needed.