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Update: Broody time is over and she is back to normal after 3 weeks. That was a learner for sure. Thanks for all your info and input. Now we know what to look for at early signs.

She is definitely broody mode, she is now sitting on the nest almost all day. We try and keep her off when we can and make her roost at night outside the coop with the others.

Yes, but has the chicken coop in the middle, but can still see everywhere.

She is definitely in broody mode. We are waiting for her time to expire in about another week, but are trying to keep her off the nest and keep her alive from running around clucking and chirping driving the others crazy. Will update on how it ends, maybe with chicken stew...that was mean.

Definitely she is in the broader mode. She is sitting on the eggs now and we are trying to keep her from doing so, without much success. The other hens still are bothering her because she runs around chirping and clucking driving them crazy. We are waiting to see if she stops in about another...

I will see if I can get a video to post so you can hear the noise she makes.

The run is a rectangle shape but the coop sits right in the middle so that creates a break. We have two different places in each corner of the run for them to jump up on to roost at night time and she will jump up on that to escape the chasing but when she jumps off to go eat or drink it goes...

We are watching her and it seems that her chirping noise seems to be what is provoking the other chickens to chase her. I am wondering why she has started that chirping noise.

I have seven Golden Comets in a run 24ft by 10 ft with coop in the middle. No problem with room. A few days ago I have one of the hens, which I believe is the lowest in the pecking order, walking around the run and then starts to quietly chirp. Several of the other chickens start chasing her...