Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
I hear how most peoples hens have a drop in egg production in the winter. I have 3 hens laying and my egg production did not drop until about 2 weeks ago. I was getting 3 eggs a day. Now I am getting one egg every other day. They are getting all you can eat lay pellets, the occasional handful of scratch and kitchen scraps. Isn't it a little late to be going into winter production mode? They are Buff Orpingtons and are 10 months old.
