madlaina
Chirping
We have 7 hens, 6 of which are 7-8 months old. They are all laying and have done so for maybe 8-9 weeks.
One of them is taking longer ans longer to lay her egg and will sit in the nesting box for up to 1 hour at a time.
Tonight, when I went to lock the chickens up, I couldn't find her. I managed to get all the other ones to go in the coop and walked around looking for her. Just out of habit I looked in the nesting boxes and there she was. I tried to pick her up to move her, but she puffed herself up, yelled at me and pecked my hand.
She wasn't in there 1,5 hours earlier when I got home from work and DP said she had been walking around the yard and dust bathing earlier.
Could she be going broody or was she just in a foul mood for no particular reason?
One of them is taking longer ans longer to lay her egg and will sit in the nesting box for up to 1 hour at a time.
Tonight, when I went to lock the chickens up, I couldn't find her. I managed to get all the other ones to go in the coop and walked around looking for her. Just out of habit I looked in the nesting boxes and there she was. I tried to pick her up to move her, but she puffed herself up, yelled at me and pecked my hand.
She wasn't in there 1,5 hours earlier when I got home from work and DP said she had been walking around the yard and dust bathing earlier.
Could she be going broody or was she just in a foul mood for no particular reason?