K72

When the hen stops laying and begins to sit on the eggs to hatch them, she’s a(n) ________.

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

SITTING HEN5
BROOD HEN4
BROODY3
SETTING HEN3
CLUCK2
SETTER2
AN OLD CLUCK1
BROODER1
BROODING1
BROODY HEN1
NESTER1
NESTING1

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