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Typically if she's playing adoptive role it's only for a few weeks while the teen(s) gain confidence, but on one occasion she took on a timid pullet as well while she had a younger clutch of her own, and they all roosted in a nest box together, and that might well have gone on that long. She is...

My top hen has done this repeatedly with broods (entire, or individuals within one) whose broodies left them before they were ready. She has always resumed her role as top hen without issue when it's over. They will move onto it when they are ready. Standard sized roosts are at the minimum...