Incubator AND broody hen...other hens stopped laying???

[trcarlton]

I've collected some eggs from our mixed flock and have them started in an incubator (on the 28th) - everything seems fine there, and yes, I've read and am diligently referring back to the Hatching Eggs 101 thread

4 days ago my little unknown breed hen went broody and is sitting on 6 eggs; since she's gone broody, I can't find any eggs ANYWHERE that my other hens were laying. We were getting 2-3 eggs per day. What the heck? My husband, my children and I have scoured the livestock yard that they free range, and can find NOTHING. Not even evidence of stolen/eaten eggs. Did the others just stop laying???

 

[farnorth]

This happened to me too when I let a broody sit in a nesting box. Seems she was threatening the other hens to stay away. I solved the problem by putting her into a brooder cage we built along one wall of the coop and the other girls went back to laying.

 

[Dawns Funy Farm]

have you checked under your broody hen mine claim any eggs laid within beak scooping distance as hers, and under her they belong