I started chicken keeping when I was 9. I wanted egg layers at first but also wanted to save some, so I got ex battery hens. I then decided I would like to have chicks so I reaserched what breed would be best suited for my enviroment and how likely they are to go broody and I decided to get Orpingtons. And this is to your credit. I'm not judging at all. I just don't like it when people get broody breeds on purpose and then complain when they go broody all the time. My comments were not actually directed to the original poster as my friend uses the cage method and I don't go complaining to them so it would be a bit hypocritical. It was more directed to the the person who was considering culling theres because she was broody. If they had searched for another home who would want a broody and they couldn't find one then I would have no problem with them culling her if she was getting in the way. As I stated before, we don't know their circumstances. If they choose to eat their broody chicken, it still isn't a wasted bird. She fed a family. I know it's hard for people who try to breed and raise their own replacement birds (we do this, too, so I get it) to understand killing what we might call a "good" broody. For someone who doesn't or can't, it's a problem bird. We don't know if that person tried to sell her or give her away. We don't know if they live in an area where people are even looking for a broody. In an urban or suburban area, I can't imagine that there would be much of a market. I'm done now. I was not trying to start an argument, just present another point of view.
