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Agreed. A broody hen typically only gets off the nest once a day to eat and drink. They lose good body condition while they set. (I’m not against having a broody hatch, I let them hatch when I have them, and mint have ever been harmed by it.) If you’re not going to have her hatch chicks, there...

I would wait until she’s sitting on the nest day and night for a couple of days at least before I worry about it. If she does indeed go broody, you can either wait her out and keep taking her eggs away, or put her in a broody buster. @aart has great pictures of one, and experience on using it.