Hen placing feathers on her back???

[NDChickRancher]

I happened to witness on of my hens walking around the coop, picking up feathers, and placing them on her back.

She is missing a few feathers from that spot thanks to the ever attentive rooster but the patch is far from bald.

Has anyone else seen their hens do this type of behavior?

 

[missnu01]

How funny..she is working on making herself a feather sweater.

 

[mammat]

By broody silkie "easter" used to do this. I think she was trying to make herself pretty for the boys. She always did this right before she went broody

 

[BunkyB]

Sounds like you have a hen who is getting broody. I find it a nesting behavior when they do that. Check the birds in the morning and watch if you can, you will notice some birds do that instinctively when they lay an egg. Cute to watch. The rooster did his thing and gave her a bare back. Never know, it may be a broody one.. Steve