They are more isolated, and it can breed brooding. It would make them feel so much better...to do something different.

The solution is to stay connected and not to feel so guilty and bad. Try not to get rundown when there are so many bib biologic shifts.

There's all the anticipation...and then it's over and done with, and people are left with loss.

Open your eyes, boy. Your eyes. Open your eyes and no more turn aside and brood.

she is a girl who cannot walk her troubles off, or work them off; she is a girl to sit around and glare.

Now, brooder is an interesting word. People who worry a lot in silence are known as brooders. But then again so is a hen sitting on her eggs. The more I get to know chickens, the more I realize half our language comes from chickens. Well, not half. But an awful lot considering this isn't Latin or anything. Cooped up. Egghead. Hatch a plan. Henpecked. Pecker. Cock. Chickenshit. Chicken-scratch. A lot of chicken words are meant to deliver attitude, which isn't surprising to me now that I have chickens. Chickens aren't background animals like fish or sheep or horses. Chickens are in-your-face animals. Chickens if you have them, come to bracket your days. The rooster hollers all morning, and then in the evening the hens have left you their mysterious gift of eggs.

Silkies are said to be excellent brooders, to have a tendency toward "broodiness." This, too, is usually meant as a compliment.