Is it common for a young hen to go broody?

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

Thank you for your help

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Thank you for your help

You are very welcome!

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

Thank goodness she finished brooding on 2nd May, when she willingly went out of the coop as soon as we opened it and stayed out free ranging all day. In addition to locking her out of the coop each day and placing her on a roosting bar each night, we twice sat her in cool water. The water method is what seemed to finally do the trick. She got back to laying on the 6th, a really small pale shelled egg, yesterday (8th)we had one which was a bit nearer to her usual colour, still small but getting bigger. Next time it's straight to treatment instead of dithering around.

 

[Altairsky]

I have a hen that went broody at 9 months, and she hatched her first batch of babies. After 3 months she went broody again and just this morning I gave her 7 new eggs to hatch.
The problem with this hen is that she lays even more than an isa brown. Her cycle is 1 month sitting, 1 month raising babies, 1 month laying eggs every single day with no break, then go broody again.
Letting her raise her babies is the only way to put her reproductive system at rest and hopefully give her a longer life than the average isa brown.
I eat males (if I ever hatch one - I've been lucky so far) and my females are sold in 24 hours so no problems about hatching infinite babies here.

 

[BigFuzzball]

Thanks Hillbilly Hen, is there any way to stop the broodiness would you k

 

[BigFuzzball]

I'm glad @Auntiejessi3 responded. It's been a long time since I've had chickens.

I get mine out every few hours (Wyandotte) Fluff up all her feathers and lift up & keep open her wings to cool things down.
Then place her on the lawn to wander, get grass and 'chill' before eventually putting her back in the run. She tends to stay there longer & longer each time to eat & drink but strangely before anything else she goes in the dust bath for a roll round !!
This is week 2.......and in 15yrs of keeping chickens she's only the second broody one and by far the youngest at 7.5 months !

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

I have a hen that went broody at 9 months, and she hatched her first batch of babies. After 3 months she went broody again and just this morning I gave her 7 new eggs to hatch.
The problem with this hen is that she lays even more than an isa brown. Her cycle is 1 month sitting, 1 month raising babies, 1 month laying eggs every single day with no break, then go broody again.
Letting her raise her babies is the only way to put her reproductive system at rest and hopefully give her a longer life than the average isa brown.
I eat males (if I ever hatch one - I've been lucky so far) and my females are sold in 24 hours so no problems about hatching infinite babies here.

It's great it's not a problem for you, but we don't have a Cockerel so no chance of hatching babies. This is the first time I've had a broody, she's a light Sussex and apparently that breed is prone to broodiness, wish I'd done more research before I bought her, but I wouldn't part with her now. She's very loving when she's not broody

 

[Mrs. K]

Whispering, "or you can give her day old chicks..." just saying

 

[ChookaPete]

Whispering, "or you can give her day old chicks..." just saying

And it works!

 

[Mid Wales chicken keeper]

Whispering, "or you can give her day old chicks..." just saying