desperate hen

[dancinggreenbudgie]

I have a 3 year old hen who is desperately trying to find somewhere to nest,she's into everything!She's getting into clothing ,bags behind pictures etc. Will this behaviour pass? I'm not keen on keeping in her cage but will this help?
Just to complicate  things  I am looking after a friends non-tamed boy whom i'm trying to tame at the same time. It is turning into chaos! Help please 

[nat]

I remember somebody ages ago giving their broody hen a nest box with marbles in it to sit on and I'm rather tempted to do the same with my celestial hen who spends half of every year nesting under a sheet of newspaper in a cage:-/ Although I think in the long run it might exacerbate the broody behaviour.

Even if you put your hen in a cage she may try nesting in feed pots or under paper but it could be worth a try even just for a few days. You never know, maybe it will put her off. Perhaps all those comfy nest sites and the spring air are just proving to be all to tantilising for her!

[dancinggreenbudgie]

She isn't being very friendly at all and biting me quite a lot (which she has never done)! I think she may be showing off in front of our guest and the lovely spring weather !I haven't had a hen budgie before so it's new to me .
Think i'll have to keep her in but now I have the dilemma of how to get the guest in his cage -he's just sat on top of hers? He's not finger tame?

[nat]

Oh dear, but lol! Have you got him back in yet? Could you get him onto a hand held perch perhaps and deliver him back to the cage? Otherwise turn off the lights while hes sat on the cage and you might be able to catch him easily.

[dancinggreenbudgie]

In now.Had to put her cage with him on top ,in front of his cage and he wandered in . If that makes sense haha

[Hezz]

The guest shouldn't have been in the same room as the resident. He could introduce illness or diseases to your hen, but the time for quarantining the new is before they have contact. Oh dear.

My hen goes through this nesting instinct at semi-regular intervals. I have never found it too much of a problem though - just the odd small panic when she is hidden in some spot I haven't thought to look.

[dancinggreenbudgie]

They have met before quite a few times in the last year(at his place) so i don't think there is worry about health

She has displayed nesting behaviour a bit before but this time is being obsessive and angry. I understand hens are more aggressive but up to now she has been very sweet so i was a bit taken aback especially as she tried to pierce my lower lip last night!

I need to ask some questions about the guest but will start a new thread

[Hezz]

Not a lot you can do about hormones. My hen was like this from the word go, so for her it is natural.