Screeching hen?

[The Angry Hen]

And here we go with another question:
Our Plymouth Rock (who we recently found out wasnt a Leghorn) just started throwing hay on her back. Im guessing this is normal, but why is she doing this?

She is either laying an egg... Or your case of broody is contagious.
(Pardon me for laughing. All joking aside, you can choose if you want both, none, or one of them to be broody. Your choice ).

 

[sylviethecochin]

Where are you? It's not a dealbreaker, but if you're a Pennsylvanian or the like, you'll want to worry about housing delicate chicks.

And you'll want to try and hatch a few; they do better with siblings.

If she's trying to go broody in your nesting boxes, you may want to try and move her. My solution for this has been to move the hen at night into a cardboard box with hay and eggs (golf balls), and put the box where you want her to be. Let her out when you're confident she's bonded to the new nesting site. Then, if she's still sitting, provide the eggs you want her to hatch.

And then make sure the place is prepared for chicks. No rats, no snakes, no puppies, etc.

 

[AnonPaperclip]

Where are you? It's not a dealbreaker, but if you're a Pennsylvanian or the like, you'll want to worry about housing delicate chicks.

And you'll want to try and hatch a few; they do better with siblings.

If she's trying to go broody in your nesting boxes, you may want to try and move her. My solution for this has been to move the hen at night into a cardboard box with hay and eggs (golf balls), and put the box where you want her to be. Let her out when you're confident she's bonded to the new nesting site. Then, if she's still sitting, provide the eggs you want her to hatch.

And then make sure the place is prepared for chicks. No rats, no snakes, no puppies, etc.

We're actually in Texas (and the weather here is very indecicive! One day it's cold and rainy, the next it's too hot to handle lol) And, yeah, we definitely need a private place for her. One of the Welsummers keeps attacking her and chasing her out of the nest, then looking inside the nestbox like she's checking for eggs.
We have a spare dog crate that we used when they were still little, it shouldnt take long to set it up.

 

[AnonPaperclip]

She is either laying an egg... Or your case of broody is contagious.
(Pardon me for laughing. All joking aside, you can choose if you want both, none, or one of them to be broody. Your choice ).

I'll probably just keep one of them broody for now.

 

[AnonPaperclip]

Just in case we do end up doing this, do any of you know a reliable source for fertile eggs? We can't have a rooster where we live because they're loud all day, so we'd have to just buy them off of ebay or something.

 

[Chickassan]

MPC has good eggs all the ones i ordered were fertile and 3 out of 4 hatched. I got some pretty faverolles from those eggs, not smart at all but pretty.

 

[AnonPaperclip]

MPC has good eggs all the ones i ordered were fertile and 3 out of 4 hatched. I got some pretty faverolles from those eggs, not smart at all but pretty.

Thanks!