if a chicken goes broody one year what is the chances of it going broody the year after?

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Last year i had a hybrid and light sussex go broody, my light sussex got killed a couple of month after stopping being broody but my hybrid is still alive, what are the chances of he being broody this year?
 
All of my broody hens are the same hens that went broody last year.
 
If she was a good setter and mother, chances are about 99.9999% she'll go broody again....my broodies are always the same hens as well.
 
Well she was more determined than the light sussex she stayed on the nest for longer
 
Broodiness is an inherited trait. That said, when you want a hen to be broody, they're not! I built a broody coop and got chicks, sure that I'd be able to put my always-broody hen to work. Of course, that's when she stopped being broody! But, with her, I think that she finally aged out of it (she's six years old now) and is fully retired from everything, including laying.
 
How often do hens go broody? I have one raising 9 of her own babies right now. She went broody at 7 months old and hatched her own babies. Are there tricks to get hens to go broody?
 
my experience has been with the game hens going broody...the buff orps only once and never again...the games are faithful I recommend them for every flock..not friendly, skittery, but broody. two went broody at same time and one stole the others hatch, #1 started another hatch and is sitting on them now.
 

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