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Ask the subject says, can a POL chicken that hasnt laid go broody? My skyline, Blossom who I got last Sunday has been acting a little strange today. She's torn up her house completely, then when she's been let out this morning, she's what can only be described as stomped around as if she's on a mission. She's tried to get on the shed roof, been looking in corners etc, so I thought perhaps she was looking for somewhere to lay her first egg. I found a shell less on on the floor of the run this morning so I think she's almost there.
Anyway, she looked to be getting really frustrated as wherever she went, the older girls came and disturbed her so to stop her trying to scale the shed again, Ive shut her and her buddy into the big run. She explored for a moment, then went into the nesting box and very nosily, trashed that then came out again.
Now she's under the house and has been for about 1/2 hour making the perfect nest. I've sat and watched her, she's very carefully picking single pieces of wood chip up and placing them around herself. Is this a chicken preparing for a first egg, or does this sound like a broody blossom? Im going to have to move her shortly as the others will no doubt go in and batter her later so she'll need to move back to the shed where they are for the moment until they all get along a little better. Any advice?
Ask the subject says, can a POL chicken that hasnt laid go broody? My skyline, Blossom who I got last Sunday has been acting a little strange today. She's torn up her house completely, then when she's been let out this morning, she's what can only be described as stomped around as if she's on a mission. She's tried to get on the shed roof, been looking in corners etc, so I thought perhaps she was looking for somewhere to lay her first egg. I found a shell less on on the floor of the run this morning so I think she's almost there.
Anyway, she looked to be getting really frustrated as wherever she went, the older girls came and disturbed her so to stop her trying to scale the shed again, Ive shut her and her buddy into the big run. She explored for a moment, then went into the nesting box and very nosily, trashed that then came out again.
Now she's under the house and has been for about 1/2 hour making the perfect nest. I've sat and watched her, she's very carefully picking single pieces of wood chip up and placing them around herself. Is this a chicken preparing for a first egg, or does this sound like a broody blossom? Im going to have to move her shortly as the others will no doubt go in and batter her later so she'll need to move back to the shed where they are for the moment until they all get along a little better. Any advice?
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