Broodiness

[anthonyjames]

So I have a hen that I just let hatch out eggs 60 days ago. Well she has gone broody again. Is this normal? I have 10 eggs that are fertilized coming from a farm to have her hatch them out. But seems odd that she is broody again. I have read that it is normally one or two times in their life time that they will get this way. She is only about a year old and this is the 2nd time.

 

[canada-goose]

Wow! It isn't normal but I don't think it's bad, either! Have fun!

 

[Southernbelle]

My Silkies do that - they lay a few eggs between broody cycles

Lay for about a month
Go broody
hatch chicks
raise chicks for about a month before they start laying
lay for about a month
go broody
repeat until they die of old age