Can a Hen go Broody more than once in a Year?

[Lilorp14]

So, if a hen hatches chicks and raises them to 'adulthood', can she go broody again later that year?

Thanks!

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Yes. After she’s done raising her brood she’ll Lay another clutch of eggs and sit on those.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Absolutely! My BCM hatched a clutch and raised it. Once she weaned her babies, she went broody again!!!! I wouldn’t let her hatch anymore after that. She needed a break!!!!

 

[sumi]

I had a hen years ago that would raise her chicks 6 weeks, come "give" them to us and go lay her next clutch of eggs, hatch them, raise the chicks 6 weeks, "give" them to us... Rinse and repeat.

By "give" I mean she would bring them to our door, cluck-cluck and walk off and that was it, she was done with them, they are ours now. It was the cutest thing!

 

[aart]

So, if a hen hatches chicks and raises them to 'adulthood', can she go broody again later that year?

Broodies can 'wean' their chicks anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.
Some will go broody again, and some won't.

 

[Lilorp14]

I had a hen years ago that would raise her chicks 6 weeks, come "give" them to us and go lay her next clutch of eggs, hatch them, raise the chicks 6 weeks, "give" them to us... Rinse and repeat.

By "give" I mean she would bring them to our door, cluck-cluck and walk off and that was it, she was done with them, they are ours now. It was the cutest thing!

So cute! I can just see her bringing the chicks to the door and running off to the nest box

 

[aart]

I had a hen years ago that would raise her chicks 6 weeks, come "give" them to us and go lay her next clutch of eggs, hatch them, raise the chicks 6 weeks, "give" them to us... Rinse and repeat.

By "give" I mean she would bring them to our door, cluck-cluck and walk off and that was it, she was done with them, they are ours now. It was the cutest thing!

That is hilarious!!

 

[birdlover2]

I had a hen years ago that would raise her chicks 6 weeks, come "give" them to us and go lay her next clutch of eggs, hatch them, raise the chicks 6 weeks, "give" them to us... Rinse and repeat.

By "give" I mean she would bring them to our door, cluck-cluck and walk off and that was it, she was done with them, they are ours now. It was the cutest thing!

Wow! That's amazing, and really cute!!