Is my hen broody or stressed out?

[Mark94]

She's most likely just broody. Maybe she gets bullied because of her awesome head feathers...

I'll most likely isolate her from the rest tomorrow and keep an eye on her. Thank you for your help!

 

[Teila]

G'Day from down under Mark Welcome!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

BYC has Topic of the Week discussions which I have found to be a great resource, informative and sometimes entertaining; so definitely worth checking out. This one may be of particular interest:
Topic of the Week - Broody hens

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

Including your general location on your profile will assist others. Location, climate, season etc can be important factors when members are responding to any questions you may have and vice versa.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

 

[drumstick diva]

Glad you joined the Backyard chickens flock

 

[chicklove223]

Hello everyone!
I'm a young farmer and I kinda need help! Besides leghorns and rri, I got myself 2 new ones, well I don't know the type of this hen...But shes yellowish with a black tail, and instead of a comb, she has feather on her head lol, it's all fluffy(anyone knows the type of this hen?). So recently my hens werent so nice to her, rooster defends her but he cant do much... So I noticed, for the last few days she's been sitting in the nest, when I try to touch her she doesn't raise her feathers, but she does make that "broody" sound, and she pecks me. I let them out of the coop today and shes been out with the rest of them, but later she came before them all and went straight to the nest, fixing it and then sat on it. I'm not sure whether if she's under some stress or gone broody, she's been changing the nest tho. I also don't know y are my hens always rude to the newbies, I give them plenty of food and change their water every day... So can anyone help me out on this please? Is she gone broody and should I isolate her or just let her?

Sounds like a broody girl.