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It takes 3 weeks to incubate eggs. If you do not intend to let her hatch chicks then it is kinder to break her of her broodiness. Chickens cannot count to 21, so they sit there until chicks hatch, even with no eggs underneath them or their body condition gets to a stage that they can no longer...

I would question whether the OP had removed access to food the night before because otherwise it is entirely possible that the pullet filled her crop the next morning before the OP checked her. It does sound like she is broody and bantams are much more prone to it. The clincher would be if she...