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[Miss Lydia]

~Welcome to BYC~

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC! I hope your hen will be ok!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck with your hen.

 

[Goff family fram]

I picked her up moved her out of her box. Her stomach isn't hard. She just wants to sit on her eggs. I put water next to her so hopefully she drinks it. She can walk and her eyes look normal.

 

[sourland]

I picked her up moved her out of her box. Her stomach isn't hard. She just wants to sit on her eggs. I put water next to her so hopefully she drinks it. She can walk and her eyes look normal.

Sounds like you have a broody hen.

 

[MissFrizzletheChick]

WELCOME!!!! I hope things with your hen end up alright!!

 

[Hidrainja4]

I picked her up moved her out of her box. Her stomach isn't hard. She just wants to sit on her eggs. I put water next to her so hopefully she drinks it. She can walk and her eyes look normal.

She sounds like she is being broody- hormonal state that all she wants to do is sit and hatch eggs. You can break her(basically cool off her bottom area for a couple of days), or if the eggs are fertile let her try and hatch them. She needs food and water near by and you need to dust her so she doesn't get overrun with parasites since she won't leave the eggs to dust bathe. This is not a problem just normal chicken behavior.

 

[DiYMama540]

Welcome to BYC!

Is she puffing up and growling at you?

Thanks for joining our flock!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Feel free to drop in and share your flock

Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

It’s nice to meet you!