One of our red star pullets, Cinnamon, acted really strange last night. It was around supper time and the pullets were running around, eating bugs, in the chicken kennel. The i heard a hen making weird noises, and i thought it must of been the rooster messing with the adult hens, who are in a separate coop. So i went to see what was wrong, and i checked on the adult hens first. They weren't making the noises, so i checked the pullets. there are 4 of them all together, but one was acting strange. she was making the noises! At first when i looked at her, she was trotting around and acting scared, so i looked around to see if maybe she could see a hawk or something(the chickens usually freak out when they see even a little blue jay, because they think it's dangerous!) But i couldn't see any hawk or anything. But then i noticed that Cinnamon was walking strange. She was holding her butt to the ground, as if getting ready to lay an egg! I was all excited because i thought it would be her first egg!
But then she stopped and started cleaning her tail. I waited, but nothing happened. then she walked away normally and acted like nothing happened.
why was she acting like this? was she gonna lay an egg?
is this something i should be worried about?
None of the other pullets have acted this way yet, and Cinnamon is the largest one out of them all.
Thanks!
why was she acting like this? was she gonna lay an egg?
None of the other pullets have acted this way yet, and Cinnamon is the largest one out of them all.
Thanks!
