Yes. You have to take her off the nest and put her into a separate cage to unbrood her.
Broody hens do lay eggs. They actually lay one [1] egg every day or two.
Wanting to sit on and hatch eggs.
A broody chicken is when a hen decides to sit on her eggs... even if there is no rooster around, and even if the eggs belong to a bunch of random chickens on the flock... they will just sit on the eggs hoping to hatch them out, i guess.
A Chicken clutch are the eggs that the broody has decided to sit on. "Clutch" is the word used in terms of the eggs she is sitting on.
Because it is a natural instinct for them to go broody
The term is Brooding
A hen who wants nothing more out of life than to set on her (or other hens) eggs is called a "broody hen," and the behavior is called, being "broody".
Yes, there is nothing incorrect about the sentence. A dotterel is a bird, broody is an adjective to describe the inclination to sit on eggs, exhibiting brooding behavior.
No. A broody hen is a broody hen and will sit on golf balls once the urge to nest takes her. Hens do not instinctively know if the eggs they are brooding are fertile or not. Hens in a chicken coop without a rooster among the flock will still go broody.
The hen is likely broody, which means she is trying to hatch her eggs. She will sit on the nest to keep the eggs warm and may squawk to protect them. It is a natural behavior for hens to be protective of their eggs and offspring.
If a duck is broody, it will lay on a 'nest' and make peculiar growling sounds when anyoneapproaches and she may become fairly aggressive.
It depends on her diet, the time of year (especially in terms of photoperiod), her condition, age, and even breed. Some hens may just sit on one: othes may sit on more than a dozen eggs.