Hen acting broody, breast feathers mostly gone, red streaks on skin, smells bad

[Kathy Golla]

Oh my. I have five hens, two are broody twice a year spring/summer. I have a GLW who is extremely serious about her broodiness! But she’s so sweet it’s hard to be mad.
Broody Seems to happen when it’s either raining or a heat wave.
Five times a year is a lot!

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Good news, I let her out around noon and she didn't even go for the nest boxes. As I said they're integrated with the roosting coop, so if I can catch her tonight I'll put her in the breaker night cage. We're going out of town unexpectedly for a week after so if she remains broody, I guess we will know what to do.