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Not a dumb question. Some people love broodies - stick fertile eggs under and no muss, hardly any fuss - 21 days later chicks. Others do not like them because they do stop laying - their bodies are saving resources to incubate eggs (hens will stay on the nest and eat little), and a broody...

I would eat the cockerels for sure - but that is what happens at our house. As for your broody - cherish her I do not break them, just give them eggs so they can do what nature wants. But I have read that a cool bath will lower her body temp and can/will stop her broodiness.