chicken sitting on eggs

[mwardmorlan]

All three of my hens are laying eggs but my Swedish Flower was found today in the corner of the yard, sitting on two eggs. I don't have roosters so is she just doing something "natural" or what? This is the first time she's done this and has been laying eggs for about a month. Do I take the eggs from her? Not sure what she is doing but don't want to upset her. These are my first hens so I don't know exactly what's going on.

 

[klyra]

All three of my hens are laying eggs but my Swedish Flower was found today in the corner of the yard, sitting on two eggs. I don't have roosters so is she just doing something "natural" or what? This is the first time she's done this and has been laying eggs for about a month. Do I take the eggs from her? Not sure what she is doing but don't want to upset her. These are my first hens so I don't know exactly what's going on.

Definitely take the eggs from her. If she is persistently sitting on eggs she is going broody, which means she will sit their until the eggs hatch. Without a rooster, they won't hatch. There are some great tips on how to break a broody hen, just search the forum. Definitely you want to break her of it unless you get a rooster.

 

[IdahoPrepper]

I pushed mine off and took the eggs then closed the coop door until she gave up. Worked like a charm.

 

[aart]

All three of my hens are laying eggs but my Swedish Flower was found today in the corner of the yard, sitting on two eggs. I don't have roosters so is she just doing something "natural" or what? This is the first time she's done this and has been laying eggs for about a month. Do I take the eggs from her? Not sure what she is doing but don't want to upset her. These are my first hens so I don't know exactly what's going on.

Is she staying on the eggs over night?
Sometimes a bird will sit in the nest quite awhile before laying or even afterwards.

Pretty young to be broody, but possible.
If they stay on the nest for 3 days and nights, body flattened out, might be hissing, growling, biting,
only getting off nest once a day to eatdrinkpoop, then you might have a broody.

Being broody has nothing to do with a rooster, but driven by hormones and can happen whether eggs are fertile or not.
Sometimes they even sit on nothing.