• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • r ransom
  • Nancy Reading
  • Timothy Norton
  • Jay Angler
stewards:
  • paul wheaton
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Eric Hanson
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • M Ljin
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Megan Palmer
  • Benjamin Dinkel

Is my hen trying to go broody?

 
Posts: 17
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I have a little buckeye hen and it seems that she may be trying to go broody. she does not attack me or growl she just fluffs up her feathers when i get near her no matter where she is. she is the only chicken that lives in that cage but we have 3 roosters right next to her. could this be part off the problem? Yesterday i found her fluffed up on her nesting "box" (we use a bucket for her) after i had colected the egg she had just laid.is she trying to be broody or does she not like me anymore?
angery-crimson.png
[Thumbnail for angery-crimson.png]
this is what she does
 
Posts: 1947
Location: Southern New England, seaside, avg yearly rainfall 41.91 in, zone 6b
82
forest garden fungi trees books chicken bee
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
She may be broody. My broody hens never attack me, they just grumble, puff up and cluck.

Why is she all alone? It's better to have one hen alone than one hen with three roosters, but still, hens like a flock.
 
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed - shakespear. Unarmed tiny ad:
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic