Wierd chicken behaviors.

[Stargazer04]

I've got this ISA brown chicken and she is pecking at hay then throwing on her back or behind her, she is also doing this with leafs but other then that shes healthy. What does this mean???

 

[Pork Pie]

It seems she is getting ready to lay

 

[PrettyChickens15]

Is she broody?

 

[Stargazer04]

Is she broody?

shes not laying yet

 

[rosemarythyme]

Best guess is it's chicken camouflage. Usually you'd see this with a hen on a nest during or right after laying.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Poor girl. Sounds like this whole “gonna lay an egg soon” thingie has her all confused. Mine wasn’t quite sure if she should dust bathe in the nesting box or move each and every piece of straw to a new location. It happens. Kinda cute Huh

 

[sourland]

Best guess is it's chicken camouflage. Usually you'd see this with a hen on a nest during or right after laying.

I too think it's a throwback to an earlier time when hens used to cover their nests after laying.

 

[Mimi13]

I also witnessed my pullets acting this same way before and a little while after they began laying. It was cute to watch.

 

[ShellyBlanco]

Sounds like she is getting ready to start laying. Do you have a nesting box ready? How old is she?

 

[Stargazer04]

Poor girl. Sounds like this whole “gonna lay an egg soon” thingie has her all confused. Mine wasn’t quite sure if she should dust bathe in the nesting box or move each and every piece of straw to a new location. It happens. Kinda cute Huh

it is, i have 9 Isa browns and im getting alot of eggs per day now! (I also have 7 other older hens that stoped laying but I couldnt get rid of them so now I have chicken pets!)