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She is an easter egger. She doesn't growl at me or peck if I bother her on the nest, but she does protest a bit. Then again, she absolutely hates anyone touching her, and she always protests if you bother her while she's laying an egg, or if you touch her, period.

No, the cockerels are 13 weeks. This hen is a little over 2 years old. So broodiness is a possibility, but I don't think she's ever been broody before...

How would you figure out for sure if she's broody vs one of these other possibilities? I just took her off the nest and felt around back there for a stuck egg. I didn't feel anything, but I only felt from the outside. So I put her on a roost and brought the rowdiest of the two cockerels inside...

When my husband and I got home today (around 6:10), we noticed that one of our hens was in the nest box. She is still there and it's getting dark. The last couple times I checked, she was squatting, not sitting in the box, which makes me think she's probably not going broody (do you all agree?)...