Do you think my chicken is broody?

Ashavocodo

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Feb 18, 2021
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I have a chicken who is about a little over a year old who has been sitting on her eggs all day, she normally will run around the backyard with the flock. I tried checking on her and yelled at me and she normally runs away if I touch her but she stayed on the eggs and pecked me when I tried to touch the eggs. When ever another chicken goes in there she yells at them. I even throw some food out and she normally runs to get it but she didn’t so I brought some food and water to her. Does it seem like she is broody?
 
I brought some food and water to her.
Not a good idea.

You'll know for sure if she wants to be in there both day and night.
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.

 

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