Thanks for this info about giving her the fake eggs, which I have. I will put her in a self contained area as suggested and then replace the wood eggs with real eggs in the evening after everyone has gone to roost. Thanks very much - figured it had happened many times before :-)
Thanks - will have to get the proper 'broody breaker' from a neighbor. Feel bad for the girl who has the need to sit on the eggs but don't want to see her go downhill in condition.
I have a hen who has gone broody, she's about a year old, but she keeps switching nesting boxes. She was in the lowest bank of nesting boxes I have. My set up is an upright set of nesting boxes, two across and four high. She was sitting in the lowest box but would switch from one to the...