One of my 8 hens (17) weeks has started having very large poop --

[GarlicEater]

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It makes a huge (lol) difference, when they're broody they'll go off and sit where they've picked out to be a nest, and not poop there, so they save it up (lol) and then deposit this big one, it tells you you've got a broody hen on your hands.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I have hens that wait til I open the doors to the runs in the mornings before depositing large poo! It's normal! That does not mean a broody hen. You will know and smell broody poo a mile away believe me! Broodies set on a nest for days sometimes before making those deposits!