I never had a chicken go broody until I got a roo. I know they can go broody unprompted but it did get me wondering if they will go broody due to changes in flock, environment, etc. if she is broody, you may want to try putting her in an elevated, wire bottom cage with no bedding to break her. Worked well for me. If you can't do that, at least take her out of the nestling box once or twice a day and put her next to food and water. When I did this before I broke them, it was like seeing food and water reminded them that they were hungry and thirsty. They would scarf down food and water before running back to the box. My Olive egger lost a lot of weight while she was broody. But she was borderline obese...so maybe it was good she lost some weight. Lol. I've had birds for about three years. And I've learned that there always seems to be some sort of chicken drama afoot. Keeps things interesting!No she's seemed good. We did recently get some younger ones ,they are being separated from my big girls,but we have them right by the main hen house so they can see each other. She is the only one that pays them attention. She goes up to the run and just watches them never really shows aggression. She'll puff herself up a little but that's it . Could the new ones make her want to go broody?.?My main concern is that she hasn't ate or drank anything because of her being in the laying box. If she's going broody will she come out of her box? I'm still new to this....
