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Better to break them asap, IMO. A newly laying pullet can be easy to break. Toss her out of the nest multiple times a day, and put her on the roost at night(might have to block nests). But using a crate is quicker and easier on everyone in the long run, especially if you don't have time to do...

Check for the other signs I posted. She'll be fine being broken, the sooner you catch it the better and easier it will be...but... You'll need to decide if you want her to hatch out some chicks, and how you will 'manage' it. Do you have, or can you get, some fertile eggs? Do you have the space...

Lounging in the nest and growling if disturbed does not necessarily mean she's broody. These are 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...