To broody or not to brood

So I have this silkie hen and she is determined to be a mom but she gets up off the eggs at lockdown and she has done this twice now she is trying to go broody again should I let her?
do you know for how long she is off? I know they need to get off like once a day to eat drink poop and (if they are waterfowl, take a lil swim) then they go back on
 
wait oh 'my bad' i thought lockdown meant like every night at sunset when they get locked up for the night .
But now I see maybe it means the last few days of brooding?
 
wait oh 'my bad' i thought lockdown meant like every night at sunset when they get locked up for the night .
But now I see maybe it means the last few days of brooding?
yep but here's the thing I put eggs under her when she has commited to brooding which means a couple days into broody but the first few days she gets on and off each time on longer than before
 

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