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Broody hens will only get down to eat and drink and poo once a day, sometimes less. This is normal. The other hens pecking at her is not. If you see blood you should separate her out. Broody hens stop laying and will stay in the nest all day and all day. You can give her fertile eggs and she...

I have a frizzled cochin who is broody often. I don't care about her missing eggs and she always looks so sad when I try to make her stop so I just leave her be and let her do her chicken thing. When left alone she is usually broody about 3-4 weeks (which makes sense as this is about the time it...

No. It is an individual behavior. Some breed are more prone to broodiness than others. Search breaking on broody on the threads. If you really want her to stop you may need to keep her in a wire bottom cage so she can not nest. If you just shut her out she may just make her own nest. It is a...