0 If a hen (= female chicken) is broody, she is ready to produce eggs and sit on them.
1 If someone, especially a woman, is broody, she feels as if she would like to have a baby:
2 always thinking about things that make you unhappy
He made this broody hen speech this afternoon.
There are various ways of doing this—under broody hens, for instance—rather than by hatching out the eggs.
It is going to turn these associations, as the last speaker pointed out, into something like broody hens.
There is an old lady in his constituency who had a broody hen, and she wanted to have a brood of chickens.
They have all been broody for over a year, but where are the chickens?
Perhaps they are not broody.
Broody hens pluck feathers from their chest, using them to cover the eggs.
When broody, hens often temporarily cease eating or reduce their feed consumption.
