My pullets are acting weird

[ASeaton]

My EE pullets are acting strange. Kind of moaning and huddled in the corners of their coop. They are in and out of their nest boxes. I haven't noticed any squatting at all. They're 22 weeks old. Do you think they are going to start laying soon?

 

[cindy parker]

Mine did that for a few weeks before they started laying. I have 6 and. 4 of them have been laying for the past couple of weeks. 2 of them are still just acting like they are ready but not producing. I'm new to chickens though so hopefully someone who knows more about it will reply.

 

[krista74]

If they seem healthy in other ways - eating and drinking as per usual, not lethargic, not hunched up or fluffed up in the feathers, then I would say your first eggs are probably not far off.

My girls did a lot of nest hopping before they started to lay, and they were quite vocal - lots of squawking and screaming, lots of pacing around, and generally just anxious-looking.

Good luck! Shouldn't be long now.

- Krista