Possibly broody?

[Mshook21]

I know it’s not common for hens to go broody when they first start laying.. that’s why I’m kinda confused. But we are on day 3 of her pretty much not leaving the nesting box. There’s been a couple times I’ve checked on them and she is gone but 9/10 times she is there... she just started laying on Aug 26th. And she puffs up her tail feathers and yells at me when I touch her or try to move her... Could she actually be broody? She is a barnyard mix that I got back in April and I still don’t really know what her mix is. (I’m new here and it won’t let me post a video.) sorry

 

[black_cat]

Does she roost at night?

 

[Mshook21]

Does she roost at night?

I’m not sure.. I’ll watch tonight though. I have a camera in there. I know last night when I checked on them around 8:45 she was still in the box.

 

[black_cat]

I’m not sure.. I’ll watch tonight though. I have a camera in there. I know last night when I checked on them around 8:45 she was still in the box.

If she is not roosting at night than she is truly broody.

 

[aart]

I’m new here and it won’t let me post a video.

Vids need to be uploaded to youtube then linked here.

Sounds broody to me!
These are my go-to signs:
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.
If you don't want her to hatch, best to break her promptly.
Tossing her out of the nest frequently, and putting her on the roost after dark, can work on broody pullets.

Or you may have to take more drastic action....Broody Jail!
My experience goes about like this: After her setting for 3 days and nights in the nest (or as soon as I know they are broody), I put her in a wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller wire on the bottom but no bedding, set up on a couple of 4x4's right in the coop or run with feed and water.

I used to let them out a couple times a day, but now just once a day in the evening(you don't have to) and she would go out into the run, drop a huge turd, race around running, take a vigorous dust bath then head back to the nest... at which point I put her back in the crate. Each time her outings would lengthen a bit, eating, drinking and scratching more and on the 3rd afternoon she stayed out of the nest and went to roost that evening...event over, back to normal tho she didn't lay for another week or two. Or take her out of crate daily very near roosting time(30-60 mins) if she goes to roost great, if she goes to nest put her back in crate.

Tho not necessary a chunk of 2x4 for a 'roost' was added to crate floor after pic was taken.