I have a pair of Royal Palms that are about 10 months old. The hen layed her very first egg last Tues. (2/16) and she didn't lay one Wed, but layed first thing Thurs. morning(before 7:45am) and she layed one friday (not sure what time), she layed one saturday at 2:00pm, one Sunday at 4:30pm and today she got in the nest box (dog house) at around 5 or so. She was on the nest all the way until a few minutes ago. I keep one brown egg in her box so she knows where to lay and she doesn't change places. I have been taking her eggs out as soon as she layed them and got off the nest. Well, since she was up there for four hours, I just went out there and pulled her out of the box and she layed an egg i guess while she was up there along with the brown egg already in there. I pulled her out of her tail and she did a sort of growl like thing and i just pulled her byu her tail to the coop door where they go in and out of their coop to their big pen (the nest box is outside in the pen) and i pushed her through their doorway and shut the door behind her. Do yall think that she had gone broody?? I mean it wasn't but one chicken egg in there when she got in there and then when she layed hers that only made two. Why would she go broody when she has only been laying for 6 days her whole life and it is so early in the season, and i take the eggs out everyday and she is so young? Can anybody help me out here? I just don't understand because I have been raising guineas and chickens for 13 years and this has never happened! I would appreciate any help you could offer! Thanks P.S.- This is my very full year with turkeys! Thanks
