mamato8chicks
In the Brooder
- Mar 20, 2017
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My alpha Hen, Big Mama, has been acting so strange today. Big Mama is a 4-6 year (we are second owner of just over a year) old Orpington hen. She’s beautiful and i just adore her.
Today out of nowhere she jumped on top of the coop and just started doing this random cluck, so weird i got up to see what was wrong. She would walk from one side of the coop (on the roof) to the other, looking all over it like she was trying to get in but couldn’t (she can get in just fine normally).
I got in the run and got her off the coop to check if there was something in the coop she might have been upset about, there was nothing, so i left. She started up again, i went back in, picked her up and put her inside of the coop. She then proceeded to stir up the litter and just peck at the coop floor. She did this about 20 mins and found her way to the nesting box where she is just sitting, quietly. She normally has a voistorous laying cluck. Everyone knows when Big Mama is laying.
Anyways, i am just worried and would love to get any suggestions/advice/opinions on what could be going on with my girl.
Just a few basic answers:
1. We live in GA, and haven’t had a HUGE weather change.
2. She is still actively laying (as of yesterday)
3. There have been no direct changes made to their living arrangements.
4. She has never acted like this in the year we’ve had her.
5. No i can’t ask previous owner, because unfortunately she just passed away a few days ago (weird right).
Thank you
Today out of nowhere she jumped on top of the coop and just started doing this random cluck, so weird i got up to see what was wrong. She would walk from one side of the coop (on the roof) to the other, looking all over it like she was trying to get in but couldn’t (she can get in just fine normally).
I got in the run and got her off the coop to check if there was something in the coop she might have been upset about, there was nothing, so i left. She started up again, i went back in, picked her up and put her inside of the coop. She then proceeded to stir up the litter and just peck at the coop floor. She did this about 20 mins and found her way to the nesting box where she is just sitting, quietly. She normally has a voistorous laying cluck. Everyone knows when Big Mama is laying.
Anyways, i am just worried and would love to get any suggestions/advice/opinions on what could be going on with my girl.
Just a few basic answers:
1. We live in GA, and haven’t had a HUGE weather change.
2. She is still actively laying (as of yesterday)
3. There have been no direct changes made to their living arrangements.
4. She has never acted like this in the year we’ve had her.
5. No i can’t ask previous owner, because unfortunately she just passed away a few days ago (weird right).
Thank you
