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Haha, I have to comment on the second question about breaking a broody.
My white Orpington, Vidalia, decided to go broody a few days before my toddler niece and nephew came for a visit. They were thrilled with the chickens and had a grand time picking them up and carrying them around. (My chickens are very tame and many times would 'squat' for the kiddos and let themselves be picked up.) The toddlers found Vidalia to be great fun. A chicken that just sat there, waiting to be picked up! They'd carry her around and set her down somewhere, she'd head back to the nest. Typical toddlers, they thought this was a great game. Vidalia finally got tired of it and decided being broody wasn't worth it. So if you have a chicken good-natured enough not to peck a child, having a toddler repeatedly haul her off the nest will break her of being broody!