West Bend
Songster
Is she molting or just finishing? My Girls molted late Dec-Jan and they would sleep in the nest boxes. I think they wanted to be left alone as the new feathers came in & im sure were uncomfortable. Not sure if they were picked at. None of them were laying so I covered up the boxes. Sure wish they'd start laying again.My red sex link hen, Ruth, has been sleeping in the nest box in our coop for the past couple of nights.
She isn't broody, as she's out during the day and doesn't mind when I move her.
The nesting boxes are well below the roosts.
I don't think she's being bullied, as she's not the lowest in the pecking order and I haven't seen any bullying.
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Coop interior: the other three hens have been sleeping on the farthest roost together and Ruth has been sleeping in the farthest nesting box. When I nudge her out of the box, she hops onto the roost with the others.
Any idea why she is doing this?
Ruth, the trouble chicken:
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