I was more than a little surprised that she went broody at all, her breed isn't prone to it and she's never shown broody tendencies before.
She's stuck to it. She comes out once a day, like a seam train thundering out of a tunnel. She screeches, boks, runs around, gets on one of the perches, has a broody poo, stuffs her face, runs around, and then goes back in.
She lovingly moves the eggs - there were some in there when she went broody, and I foolishly left them there after she'd sat on them for a couple of days - with her chin. Mostly, she ignores whats going on outside.
When I give the others sunflower seeds or corn, I throw some near her nest box. She ignores it, until they start landing inside. Then she sometimes pops out, eats them, and then goes back in. All in a flash.
It's lovely having her broody. All these weeks we've had no morning racket or rumpus.
She's changed shape. She was tpical of her breed: skinny, upright, small. Since she's been broody, she's 'tipped over' like a typical hen. She looks fatter, more content, less wild eyed.
She's also let me cuddle her, which is odd.
It will be interesting to see whether she reverts to breed when the broodiness is over.
