broodiness

noun

1. (uncountable)The state of being broody.

   “In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them.”

   “Bohmes Liebeslied, for flute and piano, is arresting in its low-key broodiness; Bittersweet Music I, its piccolo a lonely bird in its nervous twitters, continued the despairing mood.”

   “When a hen shows signs of broodiness remove her to the sitting-room.”