Egg bound look?

[ELauraD]

This Easter eggers is 28 weeks old and has stayed on the nest box four days. I am concerned, she fluffs up if I come near, pecks at me when I gave her scrambled egg and water-I don't think she is leaving the box. I think she is too young to be broody, right?

 

[nuttyboo]

Sounds broody to me, if you have fertile eggs you can put a few, she may grow tired of sitting and abandoned the nest or she may hang in there, some hens were born to be mommas
Edit: she'll get off and eat for a bit then get back on some first timers don't get back in if she's off for long you can gently put her back on, she may take eggs from others to roll under her

 

[ELauraD]

Thank you! I HOPE this is the case!

 

[nuttyboo]

Does she have any eggs under there?

 

[nuttyboo]

Brodie's have huge poops as we'll because they hold it in while egg sitting

This link shows POOP!! There is a broody poop there to show you a normal broody poo
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[MargaretYakoda]

Congratulations! Broodies are lots of fun! The only real problem is they really mess with your chicken math.

 

[ELauraD]

Only ceramic so I will pick up some fertilized eggs from Trader Joe's... I read here on BYC theirs are fertilized. I don't know where else to get them ASAP.

 

[ELauraD]

Thanks for the poo link haha! I checked it out. I do so hope this is the issue.

 

[ELauraD]

... Is she going to go broody all the time? I will consider it a gift and let her raise a couple at a time but....yeah the numbers...

 

[casportpony]

Congrats, sounds like she's broody!

-Kathy