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I would leave her alone until tomorrow, at least. You will know if they've hatched by then. If you just sit quietly and watch, you will see them poking their heads out from various parts of her body, you will hear peeping. You could lift her up or feel under her for unhatched eggs. But I would...

There are people who leave their broody hens and chicks in with the whole flock and say it works well because the mama is so protective of the chicks, and you don't have to reintroduce them later, after her hormones have leveled off and she's not so protective. I have a broody right now, and I'm...

The last broody I had, I put in a big metal stock tank. I covered one end for her and her nest so she'd feel more secluded (most of them seem to like that), and put the food and water on the other end of the tank. I covered the tank with some old wooden lattice that I had leftover from a project...

Ridgerunner - I'm certainly not trying to be argumentative. Just sharing my experience. The only snakes we have here are garter snakes, and I've never seen one near the chicken coop. The ones in the barn are relatively unprotected, so who knows what could happen? If I get a broody in the coop...

Ridgerunner has given you very good advice. In my experience, I've never had any luck with trying to let broodies set with the flock. Somehow or other, they always ended up with no eggs. They'd end up broken - my guess would be by other hens trying to get in the nest to lay. Other times, I've...