Broody Brahma at 13-14 weeks ?

[Corinnethechickenlady]

Hi everyone ! I was wondering if anyone had any brahmas that laid earlier, my girl is 13-14 weeks but I’ve read that they don’t lay till about 20 weeks but she is broody so I’m confused. Should I start laying boxes yet? She makes nests in the straw that is in the coop. This is my first flock

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I've only had 4 brahma (dark) and only had them a couple years, but none of my Brahma went broody, and all of them started laying around 7 months (30 weeks), not 20.

Sorry to disappoint.

 

[Corinnethechickenlady]

I've only had 4 brahma (dark) and only had them a couple years, but none of my Brahma went broody, and all of them started laying around 7 months (30 weeks), not 20.

Sorry to disappoint.

Mine is a buff Brahma oddly she’s my only broody girl, the rest aren’t which is Is slightly bigger than all my other girls.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

My Brahma were bigger than many of my other birds too - until I put them on a scale. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. I had overestimated their weights by 2# or more, ea.

Mine were from Hoover Hatchery, BTW. I've seen pictures and weights of other Brahma that grew to be far larger than mine.

Problem with small sample size, one time "studies" and short time periods. Conclusions are pretty unreliable.

 

[aart]

Hi everyone ! I was wondering if anyone had any brahmas that laid earlier, my girl is 13-14 weeks but I’ve read that they don’t lay till about 20 weeks but she is broody so I’m confused. Should I start laying boxes yet? She makes nests in the straw that is in the coop. This is my first flock

How do you know she is broody?
I seriously doubt she is.

My go to signs of a broody:
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?

If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

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[Corinnethechickenlady]

How do you know she is broody?
I seriously doubt she is.

My go to signs of a broody:
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?

If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.

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She does most of these besides the clucking. She will move away from where she’s tried to make a nest if we walk near her though they don’t much care for us unless it’s snack time. Unfortunately I do the deep litter method so she’s mad when I get rid of her little nesting hole

 

[aart]

She does most of these besides the clucking. She will move away from where she’s tried to make a nest if we walk near her though they don’t much care for us unless it’s snack time. Unfortunately I do the deep litter method so she’s mad when I get rid of her little nesting hole

She may be hiding or isolating from the other birds?

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

She does most of these besides the clucking. She will move away from where she’s tried to make a nest if we walk near her though they don’t much care for us unless it’s snack time. Unfortunately I do the deep litter method so she’s mad when I get rid of her little nesting hole

Do you have any photos of her or her behavior and nests?

 

[Corinnethechickenlady]

Do you have any photos of her or her behavior and nests?

I’ll have to have my husband send me the picture of her but I’ve not gotten a picture of her nest ! They have a roost so I find it odd she’s not roosting with the rest especially at night when it’s cold