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A hen should only be broody for the time it takes to hatch her eggs, 21 days. However there are extremes.

The commercially bred egg layers of today rarely go broody and if they do start they may stop at anytime, 2 day, 2 weeks. At the other end of the spectrum there are hens that never stop brooding, and will even sit on rocks for weeks on end, usually to the detriment of their health.

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