Ya gotta remember, a lot of newbies (like I was myself almost 5 years ago) have flocks with no rooster so the girls do act differently. My roosterless coop was easy to catch for two years because they would squat for me if I even looked at them. I don't think I've ever seen a girl squat when not at least mostly mature enough to lay an egg, so that's probably where the 'ready to lay an egg' thing came from. /shrug..
Before I ever had a rooster my Big Girl would squat for me and so would a few others. Once I had one, they quit doing that. Now that I'm again roosterless, that one does it. And I give her a scratch, and she gets up and shakes just like if she had been mated. I do it cause it makes me laugh.
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Anyway I'm suggesting that perhaps a flock with no rooster does do this? I only have my own tiny flock to go my for experience and even then, not very many years, so of course I could be way off.
Apologies to Al, Bee, Walt, and all the real OT's for beating this dead horse. You guys said No Way and here I am saying "but"..
PS - yes, she is a BO..
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