Please help :( Are my girls ok?

[Jcarcary]

I'm pretty sure Betty is broody and not egg bound. Broody hens barely eat or drink, only getting up once a day or so to eat, drink, and poo before going right back to sitting.

i think you are right..
So you'd suggest trying to break it rather than letting it go?

 

[Jcarcary]

Thank you everyone for the input.
Its quite fascinating to learn all this lol
Right! Gotta love them
I am just happy they are ok and its not a bigger problem.

 

[Jcarcary]

betty is waling around and puffing up..
And chickaletta is her usual self... just no eggs...

 

[Birdsong 82]

Betty is beautiful. She reminds me of my hen Peaches

 

[junebuggena]

i think you are right..
So you'd suggest trying to break it rather than letting it go?

Unless you are planning on expanding your flock with some chicks, breaking her would be best.

 

[Jcarcary]

Unless you are planning on expanding your flock with some chicks, breaking her would be best.

I was thinking i may contact the Farm we got the girls from to see if i can buy a fertile egg... lol is this a thing?

Would she care for it if she hatched it? or would i have to incubate it?

 

[Chickenlover2017]

I think Betty is broody https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-break-a-broody-hen.181289/

 

[junebuggena]

I was thinking i may contact the Farm we got the girls from to see if i can buy a fertile egg... lol is this a thing?

Would she care for it if she hatched it? or would i have to incubate it?

She should hatch and care for it, but what you you do if it turns out to be a cockerel?

 

[Jcarcary]

She should hatch and care for it, but what you you do if it turns out to be a cockerel?

hahah thank you... i did not think that through!

 

[Jessicx]

YES! ok that is betty for sure! she puffs huuuuge up and almost growls lol
how would i break that?

I just keep removing her eggs and taking her out of her nest. She'll go back again and again, but usually she stops after a few days of doing this.