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what action do you recommend? she sits on the other girls eggs until I take them away and is now starting to get cranky and peck at me as I take away the eggs!

how long does the "broodiness" last? she's still at it!!

yes, I have seen her get up to eat. I offered her a treat while she was nesting and she ate it. still sitting. when she gets up my other three girls lay in her box, she then sits on them. she does let me lift her and remove the "real" eggs - I have two "fake" eggs in two of the three nest...

returning from a weekend away, one of my black copper marans has no desire to leave the nest box, not even to eat live crickets!! this is day 3. the first day I petted her and she did not complain (she is the bully of the flock - usually on the aggressive side). I picked her up, still no...