Chicken walks around fluffed up.

[SurferchickinSB]

Not sure if this was the right forum to post in, but here goes. My chicken has been walking around fluffed up, like this:View attachment 1789164
It started 3-4 days ago. She's been laying eggs great, every day in fact. Any idea what's going on? Also, when she starts fluffing, she makes a cluck-cluck-cluck sound.
Thanks.

She’s broody, Pretty soon she will probably start not leaving the nest, quit laying eggs and sitting on it all the time.

 

[Chickassan]

I'm thinking she got her butt kicked for being ....well a broody.
Iv'e seen butt kickings handed out all week long here and some were pretty rough.

Could the "limping" really be more like egg bound waddling?
Is she on nest trying to lay perhaps?

 

[LikeTurkeys]

There have been no eggs under her since she started sitting full time.

When another chicken approaches, she will fluff and hiss at them.
My sister picked her up today and put her on the other side of the coop, she walked around a bit and ate a lot, then went back to her spot. What do you think?

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

That is classical BROODYness. I had a CoChin and bantam Brama brood ceramique Eggs or nothing at all.

 

[LikeTurkeys]

I am glad. Going to separate her to prevent further injury.