Broody hen snapped out of it

[NoNeck]

Hi, my barter white this morning was displaying all signs of being broody, but after a few hours she hopped off the nest and never came back to it. Is this normal for them to snap out of it so quickly and by themselves.

 

[nuthatched]

I wouldn't consider her broody after a few hours of sitting.

 

[rosemarythyme]

x2. If you were hoping to hatch, you'd generally want to wait 48 hrs or so to ensure she sits, before thinking of putting eggs under her. Some hens can totter in a sort of in between state for weeks before they either go completely broody, or don't.

 

[aart]

x3. She wasn't/isn't broody.
Some birds may lounge in the nests before and/or after they lay.

My go-to signs of a broody:
Is she on nest most the day and all night?
When you pull her out of nest and put her on the ground, does she flatten right back out into a fluffy screeching pancake?
Does she walk around making a low cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck(ticking bomb) sound on her way back to the nest?

If so, then she is probably broody and you'll have to decide how to manage it.