Sick hen or broody hen?

Yes, she's broody. The skin you are feeling is because she has plucked her feathers from her chest.

She will continue to sit if you don't break her. (she won't lay eggs either) It can negatively affect their health because broodies lose a lot of weight just sitting for 3 weeks since they don't eat much. The longer she sits, the more weight she'll lose.
 
My same chicken has gone broody again. This is the second time she's gone broody in 2 to 3 months, what gives!?
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I did not give her any eggs to hatch the first and only time so far. How often do your broody hens get broody again?
 

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