New chicken person. Is she broody?

[Smuvers Farm]

She is not broody if she is still laying.
She is not broody if she is not spending night AND day on the nest.

She may be broody if she has been sitting nest day and night for 3 days and has stopped laying. It won't matter if she has eggs under her or not.
She may be broody if she looks like a pancake with fluffed up feathers.
She may be broody if she maintains the pancake position if lifted off the nest and set on floor.
She may be broody if she does a low pitched cluck non stop when she's off the nest.
She may be broody if she does a dinosaur growl when any bird or human dares to look at her or approach her. She will most likely try to remove your fingers if you get within striking range.

Other than trying to rip off my fingers, you described my emo Asia black, Xena, to a T!

 

[LReardon]

The answer was yes. She's not laying, and only comes out occasionally. I gave her an egg...not sure if it's fertilised or not, and yesterday I found a duck egg from my young buff duck and gave that to her as well.

 

[Hensndoes]

The answer was yes. She's not laying, and only comes out occasionally. I gave her an egg...not sure if it's fertilised or not, and yesterday I found a duck egg from my young buff duck and gave that to her as well.

I've followed the advice on this forum and only give eggs if they stay on the nest for 3 solid days. You don't want to give them staggered - meaning give her eggs all at once not on different days. Be ready for a back up plan. If she hatches you could get more boys than you want. If they don't hatch you'll be on the hunt for day old chicks. You may want to get her in a nice secure place to raise the babies too. Other hens can kill babies in a second.

 

[LReardon]

Thank you, good idea. I posted the 24th...so we are at day 7 now.

 

[aart]

She is not broody if she is still laying.
She is not broody if she is not spending night AND day on the nest.

She may be broody if she has been sitting nest day and night for 3 days and has stopped laying. It won't matter if she has eggs under her or not.
She may be broody if she looks like a pancake with fluffed up feathers.
She may be broody if she maintains the pancake position if lifted off the nest and set on floor.
She may be broody if she does a low pitched cluck non stop when she's off the nest.
She may be broody if she does a dinosaur growl when any bird or human dares to look at her or approach her. She will most likely try to remove your fingers if you get within striking range.

This is great!! Can I copy and save to paste later @lazy gardener?

 

[LReardon]

Here we go.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Here we go.

What are these?

 

[Hensndoes]

Here we go.

Cute. Are you going to try to give those to the broody? She has only sat for a week? How old are those chicks? They look feathered.

 

[Phins Fan]

Curious how you made out? I have a silkie who is acting similarly to your chick...

 

[lazy gardener]

This is great!! Can I copy and save to paste later @lazy gardener?

Yep, if you give credit! Feel free!