Puffed Up Hen?

Chickenlaady

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Hello, for the past 3 days one of my Blue Plymouth Rock hens has been walking around with hackles raised, tail up, and wings fluffed. She interacts with the other hens is eating and drinking but is always puffed up like this and moody clucking. What is going on with her and should I be concerned?
Here are a few pictures of her this AM
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It might be pre broody behavior.
Is she spending too much time in nest
Is her breast feathers missing.
 
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No missing breast feathers. I did move her out of the nest two days because she was staying on the eggs, but she didn’t try to go back to them at all. She’s just turned a year old so perhaps going broody and not sure what to do. I removed the eggs early this morning and she was out walking the yard.
 
Does she growl when you move her from eggs ?
 
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