odd chuck

[Philbasford]

one of my chucks seemed to have problems laying yesterday, she spent ages with her back end arched up, while making funny noises on the nest box, she is now doing the same thing and did it first thing this morning without starting to lay,. should i be worried?other thn that shes fine , just hope shen doesnt have an internal problem

[Philbasford]

[Heldi]

She sounds like she is broody to me.  Does she fluff her feathers up if you go near her? Is she making little clucky noises?  Will she let you take eggs away from her- if she is sitting on any...without any fuss or does she want to give you a peck or even act indignant!?

[Philbasford]

she is fluffing her feathers up when i go near and makes noises, she doesntm make a lot of fuss when i remove the eggs

[Philbasford]

what should i do with moody(thats her name), shes the light coloured one)do i just let her sit on her nest or shut up the shed bit?

[teresa]

Sounds like shes broody do you want chicks or not?

[OliveOil]

chuck her off the nest and remove the eggs - as a hybrid she will probably give up after a few days.

[Heldi]

Lovely chooks!

Yeah I'd go with what OliveOil says and chuck her off the nest!  I've had a couple of chooks who thought they'd might like to sit on the eggs but after me turfing them out of the nest a couple of times they soon forgot about it,especially if you offer something tasty to distract them. Mine love corn,rattling a pan of it gets the nests cleared quick as a dead quick thing!

Now the Buff Orpington hens I've got are another thing altogether. They change into ferocious turkeys when they are broody.   :o  ::)  :D

[Philbasford]

na dont want chicks, but got no cockeral thank god:)

[Philbasford]

she aint snaping out of it, when i take her out she just plonks down and shes got no get up and go at moment  :(