Don't we love broodies? specially when we are not trying to hatch eggs because there is no rooster around. All this Spring and Summer I have been having broodies one after another, as a matter of fact I have 2 right now each in a broody breaker cage. I have noticed that the "broodiness" varies according to the hen, some of them break faster than others and I always catch them as soon as they start. I read that the longer they are left in the nest, the longer it takes to break them. I also read that maybe they should be left alone and let them be broody, but I certainly cannot do that because temps are getting pretty high already and don't want them to have a heat stroke while in the nest.
