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With one of my brooders, she'll start being broody while still laying eggs for the first few days of her brooding cycle. To me, that's odd behavior for a broody hen, but my hen has so many things messed up with her (mentally/hormonally) that I'm not too surprised. It's what I refer to as...

I would put her in broody jail for a few days until she stops brooding. A broody hen will continue to sit, expecting to hatch chicks, which will eventually be unhealthy for her. The picture below is of my broody jail setup. You want to remove all her privacy so she can't "keep her eggs warm."