How long did it take?

[BlindLemonChicken]

Along with the season, I think the age of the broody hen may also affect this. Gramma Feathers raised a lot of chicks for me over the years. When she was 6, she took much longer breaks from laying. After molt she was the last to come back into lay, she really only laid for a week or 2, then went broody in May, and she did not come back into lay until late July, laid for two weeks - went broody and did not lay again after that.

I was going to say something about this as well. My older Sussex was my best broody but my worst layer. I’m not sure she was laying at all three months after her last chick hatched. I don’t know for sure how old she was but she was at least four.