Kinda worried!!!

[CityChickenJon]

I have one hen that will not leave the coop. She is sitting there with her tail up in the air. Try to check her out and she really gets defensive. But I can see no eggs, is she about to lay one or is she just being weird.



Jon

 

[CoopCrazy]

Sounds like she is Broody.. It means that she wants to hatch eggs out...

 

[Ridgerunner]

Does she stay on the nest all night instead of roosting in her normal place? If she does, then she is broody. If you want her to hatch and raise chicks, you need to get fertile eggs to put under her. If you don't want her to hatch, you need to break her from being broody. These links might help.

Break a Broody Thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2176186#p2176186

Isolate a Broody? Thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=213218

Good luck!!!