A broody hen.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective, : a broody hen.    From Dictionary.com. 

I have learned about "broody" hens, well, sort of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2009 Spring/Summer Garden is Done] Reference

Fergie is ready to have a baby and is getting 'broody'.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Diane Sawyer says goodbye to 'Good Morning America', hello to ABC 'World News'] Reference

And now that Louise, 31, is 14 weeks pregnant, Posh is said to have become "broody".    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

Ready to have a baby and get "broody" Wenn. com says she wants to wrap up her tour first.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Diane Sawyer says goodbye to 'Good Morning America', hello to ABC 'World News'] Reference

Fergie is ready to have a baby and is getting 'broody' photo: Creative Commons/Katie Kiehn.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Rob Marshall on directing Nine] Reference

"broody," that is, never wish to sit on their eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)] Reference

A straw-filled box for the broody hen sat on the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference

Thalia, perpetually sullen and broody, gave a curt nod.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Together Dead]

As broody hens do not move, they can easily catch parasites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

I always have, but in a broody baby-and-toddlers kind of way.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

Crispin stood in the yard at home looking miserable and broody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knockdown]

There was something broody about her silence, and it worried him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knife of Dreams]

Some were left to the broody hens, but others supplied the cooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Fall]

I reply in a broody tone that no we dont but Special Moments does.    From Wordnik.com.  [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference

I cannot see Balak sitting on his gain like a broody hen on a nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

She might not even let them get near the eggs once she went broody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joust]

She'd been a little broody the whole time I was putting on my makeup.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Together Dead]

I blame it on the endless rain: it puts me in a broody state-of-mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference

"You're damned broody today, Croaker," Goblin said, after a long while.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadow Games]

For if she did go broody, they'd be in for nothing but trouble from her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joust]

You're too valuable for us to risk you getting injured by a broody she-dragon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joust]

"Seems to me one queen or another's broody all the time," Red said with a chuckle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicles of Pern, First Fall]

"Seems to me one queen or another's broody all the time, " Red said with a chuckle.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Fall]

Maggie Siff is also effective as she lashes out at being shut out by the broody Jax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matt's TV Week in Review] Reference

Because once they were away from his family, he reverted to being broody and remote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Texas! Chase]

The queen riders really don't have enough time, especially if they've a broody queen.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Fall]

If we start with eggs, we shall have to buy or rent some broody hens to put on the eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

He did appear to be sulking as his gilded eyes were broody and his mouth was in full scowl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Brothers]

The guinea hen goes broody after laying, which can be overcome by removing most of the eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [5 Chicken] Reference

They decide on a recognized partnership or a marriage, usually because the woman gets broody.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Murder Room]

It fuels my midwifery side, but also sort of fills the gap where the broody side is concerned.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

I felt so broody watching Jo cuddle her and feed her, I practically felt my milk coming in (haha).    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

His broody gaze drifted over her, lingered along the smooth curve of her cheek, her plump suckable lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Specialist]

When we move a broody hen we must be sure that she will stay on her new nest before we give her any eggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference

He did not even want to think about taking eggs from a broody dragon if their behavior was at all similar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joust]