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Eggs or no eggs, when a hen wants to brood, she will tenaciously sit on nothing. Almost all broodies get sassy. The cage method is more to remove the desire to nest by removing anything she can nest on. You can use a large, wire bottom cage, so she has plenty of room. Give her food, and water...

I toss my broodies off their nests once, normally twice a day. They eat, drink, poo, and then quickly return to the nests. I don't like soiled nests, so it forced them to do their business elsewhere.