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When a hen is broody, and I don’t want her to sit on eggs or to get weak from being broody, I will place her in a wire dog crate or large pen with no bedding, possibly a roost, and make her stay there for 5 days to break her. If you do want her to hatch eggs, make sure that she is healthy...

Yes, they may lay for a day or two, and then stop laying for their broody period.

I would think she might be broody as well, except they usually stick their butts up in the air in a V shape, and cluck when they walk. If you think she is egg bound give calcium with vitamin D 600 mg. Broodies will pull any egg under them that is set in front of them. They will cluck or growl...