Wanting Cochin Bantam to go broody

I recently got a 6 month~ish bantam cochin. They said she was already laying. She had been in with a cochin roo. Got her sunday, she aborted a thin shelled egg on the roost monday or tuesday and laid a nice egg on thursday.
I want to see if mayyybe its fertile so i left it in the nest. Is it possible she will go broody if I leave her to it?
I had one go broody at 19 weeks, so it's possible. I think time of year has a lot to do with it. Whereabouts are you located? We're about to head into fall here, so I'm skeptical that we'll get anymore broodies. She needs to get comfortable in her new home and form an attachment to the nesting area. Enjoy her eggs in the meantime! My cochin bantams are fantastic layers for such a small bird.
 
Im in Ky. I do have a sapphire gem that likes to go broody, she is still keeping her breasts plucked. In a fit of curiosity I have placed the cochins egg in her nesting box.
To answer the earlier question of why... i never knew how adorable cochins were :love. Im in love. The hen is so cuuuute! I want 10 more of them now.
 
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