When the hen stops laying and begins to sit on the eggs to hatch them, she’s a ________.
| SETTING HEN | 509 |
| SETTER | 141 |
| SITTING HEN | 101 |
| NR | 79 |
| CLUCK | 46 |
| SETTING | 41 |
| BROODY | 40 |
| BROOD HEN | 33 |
| BROODY HEN | 21 |
| SITTER | 20 |
| CLUCK HEN | 12 |
| CLUCKER | 8 |
| CLUCKING HEN | 8 |
| BROODER | 7 |
| BROODING HEN | 7 |
| HATCHER | 6 |
| MOLTING | 6 |
| MOTHER HEN | 4 |
| CLOOK | 3 |
| HATCHING HEN | 3 |
| LAYER | 3 |
| SITTING | 3 |
| A-SETTING | 2 |
| BROOD | 2 |
| CLUCKY HEN | 2 |
| CULECA | 2 |
| GONE TO SETTING | 2 |
| GONE TO SITTING | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| SOUR HEN | 2 |
| A-BROODING | 1 |
| BEGINS TO SIT | 1 |
| BIDDY HEN | 1 |
| BITTY | 1 |
| BREEDING HEN | 1 |
| BREEGLUCKE | 1 |
| BROODING | 1 |
| CACKLING HEN | 1 |
| CLOAK | 1 |
| CLOOKY HEN | 1 |
| CLUCKING | 1 |
| CRANKY BIDDY | 1 |
| GETTING BROODY | 1 |
| GETTING READY TO SET | 1 |
| GOING TO SETTING | 1 |
| GONNA SET | 1 |
| HAPUNANA | 1 |
| HATCH HEN | 1 |
| HEN GONE TO SET | 1 |
| MOLDING | 1 |
| MOLTER | 1 |
| MOLTING HEN | 1 |
| MOLTY | 1 |
| NESTER | 1 |
| NESTING | 1 |
| NESTING HEN | 1 |
| OLD CLUCK | 1 |
| OLD NUISANCE | 1 |
| PECKY | 1 |
| RAISES A BROOD OF CHICKENS | 1 |
| SET HEN | 1 |
| WANTS TO SET | 1 |
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