I have one cochin who has just hatched a brood, and now three are determined to have babies too! I tried taking them off the nest but they are not having anything to do with that, they just jump straight back on. I am realising that I have my lights on too long in the coop! I had not counted on the standard cochins being SO broody! My main problem is that I do not have anywhere to set these guys up with their own little broody area. I have put a few bantie eggs in the incubator to put under them once I figure out what on earth to do with them. I can see that I am going to have to scale way back on the number of cochin ladies I have! THey are very determined broodies - great momma's too... now what? Are they likely to just stay broody forever and die if I don't give them eggs? Do you ever have a few broodies together in an area? They are all due to hatch on the same day...