Possible broody bantam?

[harice4806]

I don't usually spend much time in the coop aside from feeding/watering/collecting eggs from my girls. But I had some clean-up and renovations to do today. For about 3 hours this evening my bantam hen clutched all the eggs and screamed at the other hens. I've never seen her do this as she's usually ready to get outside as soon as I open the door to their run. I hadn't collected eggs yet due to the projects I was doing. She's about a year old. Could she be broody? Or just having an off day? Not sure if this is normal behavior for her.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Seems broody to me.

 

[sourland]

Could be.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Could be going broody.

 

[Cyprus]

That's adorable

 

[harice4806]

I've never had this happen before. Most of my hens rotate through the nest boxes! She's still very sweet with me and let's me get close and pet her but she's sassy with the other hens. I believe (based on prior asks) that she's an OEGB. Not sure if they're known to be broody.

 

[Anndie]

Do the broody test , see if she puffs up growls and pecks at your hand if you dare to take one of her eggs

 

[CannedMonster]

You might want to wear gloves with the broody test lol.
My bantam girl gave me a bruise she bit me so hard.
I have two broodys sitting on four eggs together in the same nest.

 

[-BOGGS-]

I'd say broody judging from the pic..you'll know for sure when you try and take a egg from her lol

 

[aart]

These are the signs I look for:
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?
If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

Do you want her to hatch some chicks?