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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: madchickenlady on April 25, 2015, 04:12:16 pm

Title: strange chicken behavior
Post by: madchickenlady on April 25, 2015, 04:12:16 pm

By this I mean a chicken behaving strangely not a strange chicken behaving!
My Light Sussex hen Minstrel is behaving in a rather odd manner. She has been off lay and today I have observed her sitting in a nest box, then she came out, then went back in and scratched about in the nest box, then out then up the ladder, quick scrat about - down ladder, up ladder quick scrat and down ladder, half an hour now of this behavior!
I wondered if she might be broody but have never observed this with other broody hens.
Any ideas please?

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: devonlady on April 25, 2015, 04:20:31 pm

I would say either thinking about becoming broody or maybe egg bound?

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: Caroline1 on April 25, 2015, 06:55:48 pm

My thoughts as well.

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: madchickenlady on April 25, 2015, 08:04:16 pm

Panic over - she finally laid an egg!! :

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: cans on April 25, 2015, 08:07:24 pm

 :relief:

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: Caroline1 on April 25, 2015, 08:30:00 pm

 :thumbsup:

Title: Re: strange chicken behavior
Post by: devonlady on April 25, 2015, 09:28:22 pm

The good girl :thumbsup: