Help needed: Broodiness affecting other hens?

[two early]

My 6 hens have been laying pretty much everyday and then yesterday only 2 eggs and today only 1 (laid on the poop board). Plus one orp has been sitting in one of the nesting boxes since I let them out this morning. She will eat from my hand but will try to peck me if i attempt to move her. She doesn't seem to be in distress. Could she be going broody and would that affect the other hens so they would not want to lay? It's a conundrum? Has anyone seen anything similar? What to do if anything? any advice would be appreciated....

 

[Judy]

If the orp stays in the nest box overnight for a night or two, I'd assume she is broody. Usually the others will keep laying when one is broody, but some do say that broodiness seems to be catching. It's true that usually if I have one broody, I have at least two. If it's hot where you are, that will slow down laying, too.