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[Chicken Chicken Love]

How do I know if my chicken is eggbound or broody? Im a little worried.
Thank you in advance!

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Broody hens will growl at you. They will also puff up and peck at you.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Broody hens will growl at you. They will also puff up and peck at you.

She was puffed up and growled at me but I've heard there are similar symptoms for an egg bound chicken too.

 

[lbgreenfield]

Hi!

An egg bound hen will look distressed, open mouth panting, squatting, walking like a penguin, vent will be pulsing like crazy.

A broody hen will sit, and sit, and sit on a nest. If you try to remove her or touch her, she will puff up and screech/growl. If you remove her from the nest and put her on the ground, she will be a flat, fluffy, screeching pancake.

Hope that helps!

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

Hi!

An egg bound hen will look distressed, open mouth panting, squatting, walking like a penguin, vent will be pulsing like crazy.

A broody hen will sit, and sit, and sit on a nest. If you try to remove her or touch her, she will puff up and screech/growl. If you remove her from the nest and put her on the ground, she will be a flat, fluffy, screeching pancake.

Hope that helps!

That does help a lot, thank you. but whats a penguin walk? Puffed out feather walk?

 

[chickenhappy1233]

do you have a video?

 

[chickenhappy1233]

yours sounds like she is broody

 

[sourland]

'Penguin walk' is walking in an upright position like a penguin. It really sounds as if you have a broody hen.

 

[lbgreenfield]

That does help a lot, thank you. but whats a penguin walk? Puffed out feather walk?

What I mean by penguin walk is that she will be waddling like a penguin, side to side, trying to squat while walking, wings out sometimes, standing up straight. Does that make sense? I don’t have a video, but a quick search on YouTube for a “broody hen walking” may help.

 

[Chicken Chicken Love]

yours sounds like she is broody

No, I do not have a video but I can tell you a few more details. She was in the nesting box for 3 hours, she diddnt lay an egg, I checked on her once or twice and every time I checked on her she was very puffed up and she growled Loudly but didn't peck. I took her out of her nesting box because I wanted to make sure she didn't get dehydrated, she still walked really puffed up and was still squawking but quieter and was NOT acting lethargic.