Is she broody?

[TwentyOneChickens]

There's a hen that's been in the nesting box all day and there's feathers all over the nesting box, presumably because she's plucking them. Is she broody, and if not, what? (She's a Red Sexlink)

Ty
(Also, happy *early* Easter )

 

[sourland]

She may very well be broody. Although it is not real common red sexlinks do sometimes go broody.

 

[aart]

presumably because she's plucking them

Is her lower chest and belly bare?

Here's the signs I look for before calling 'broody':
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.