YPiedra
In the Brooder
- Feb 15, 2022
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Our first layer of our very first flock, Oreo, (we have raised these chicks since 6 days old), won't let any of the other girls go in the coop to lay. This wouldn't be a problem if she went in nested and laid, she takes a long time, I would say about 2 hours to lay her egg each day, not at a nest but inside the coop pacing back and forth for a long time. Since she began laying, another 2 girls have also started laying, we now get 3 eggs a day. They all lay in the morning, Oreo being the last to lay, but she goes in the coop 2 hours before her laying time and pecks everyone who tries to go in. Today, we had to get her out of the coop, and keep her away from the run/coop while Pancake and Dottie laid their egg, then we let her in. All was good after that. She is not aggressive towards us, she just terrorizes all the other girls. She is very vocal and aggressive towards them, only during egg-laying time. Is this considered broody behavior? She does not stay on the egg or nest, she lays and then she is off.