Is My Silkie-Cross Broody?

[ChickenPeep]

Hello!

I have a 9 month old silkie cross named Ebony. She has been sitting down for a while now, but I don't think there are any eggs under her and I think she already laid an egg today. She doesn't puff up or make weird sounds when I go near her, but if I try to put my hand under her she pecks me. She is a little fluffed up around her tail and her wings are down. My Buff/blue silkie (also 9 months) just went broody.... could that have anything to do with it?

Thanks!

 

[cassie]

Doesn't sound to me like your silkie is broody. Broody hens don't usually lay, and they puff up and cluck at you. Maybe she doesn't feel right for some reason.

 

[ChickenPeep]

Your right, she isn't. Apparently she likes to take her sweet time laying eggs. About an hour after I posted this I went back to check on her and while I was there she plopped an egg in the box. Then she got up, did her victory cluck, and walked away.
She's such a doofus!