I think she’s broody...

[Kevin Magee]

I’ll try this when I go home for lunch. Thanks

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

The look I get from the nest box.
The puffed up “buk buk buk” walk.
The bald belly from feathering the nest. She also feels like a little furnace she’s so warm.

 

[BirdLeaf]

Here is my broody BO. As you can see, she’s happily sitting, but when I touch her, she shows me how big and bad she is

 

[Kevin Magee]

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The look I get from the nest box.
View attachment 1340209 The puffed up “buk buk buk” walk.
View attachment 1340211 The bald belly from feathering the nest. She also feels like a little furnace she’s so warm.

I did notice many of her feathers in the box now that you mention it.

 

[Kevin Magee]

So if it turns out that she is broody, should I collect the eggs when I take her out of the box. I only collected one egg last night. The other two or three must be under her. I have two nest boxes in the coop

 

[BirdLeaf]

So if it turns out that she is broody, should I collect the eggs when I take her out of the box. I only collected one egg last night. The other two or three must be under her. I have two nest boxes in the coop

Depends, if you don’t have a rooster it’s best to take them. If you do have a rooster and want more chickens let her sit

 

[Kevin Magee]

No I have no rooster and I verified it Yes she’s broody

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Yes remove eggs. It my take a little bit to break her. Sometimes just removing her repeatedly will work. Sometimes you have to go as far as a broody breaker.

When I tried to just block off the boxes. She's a determined little stinker. Ended up removing the nest boxes for a day or two.

 

[aart]

No I have no rooster and I verified it Yes she’s broody

You'll need to decide if you want her to hatch out some chicks, and how you will 'manage' it.
Do you have, or can you get, some fertile eggs?
Do you have the space needed? Both for more chickens and she may need to be separated by wire from the rest of the flock.
Do you have a plan on what to do with the inevitable males? Rehome, butcher, keep in separate 'bachelor pad'?
If you decide to let her hatch out some fertile eggs, this is a great thread for reference and to ask questions.
It's a long one but just start reading the first few pages, then browse thru some more at random.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/496101/broody-hen-thread

If you don't want her to hatch out chicks, best to break her broodiness promptly.
My experience went like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest, I put her in a wire dog crate with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop with feed and water.

I let her out a couple times a day(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.
Feed and water added after pic was taken.