My BO is acting ,,,,, happy but not eating now

[chiknwhisperer]

strange. She has been puffing up her feathers for a week and is really mad when you even look at her when she is on her nest. She has also stopped laying and I checked to see if one was stuck and there is nothing there. She is eating and drinking. I have to physically take her off her nest because she won't leave. Does anyone have any ideas what might be wrong with her?

 

[Schultz]

Could she be going broody?

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Sounds to me like she might be going broody!

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Can she go broody even with no rooster around?

 

[gritsar]

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Yeppers. No roo required for a brooy.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

You have a broody BO. I have them too and they're very, very prone to broodiness. Feel underneath her if you dare and see if she's plucked the feathers from her chest. If she hasn't already, she will be soon.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Oh my! I had no idea that they didn't need a boy. She isn't even sitting on anything

I look at her today and see if she is missing feathers. I had to put her food and water right next to her because she doesn't want to leave the nest. BUT, she is letting my other girl lay over there

 

[gritsar]

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If you don't have fertilized eggs for her and don't want to buy any for her to hatch, it's best to break her of her broodiness. Being broody is hard on their bodies and she won't lay while she's broody.

 

[georgialee]

Buy some fertile eggs!!!!

Hi, my name is Georgia and I'm an enabler.

 

[Chicken Fruit]

Sounds like she's broody, even though she's got no eggs.

buy some and stick them under her. Might as well make good use of her efforts... lol.