Possible Problem?

[MillersFarm]

Hi there! thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by, Now I had bought a couple of Jersey giants last year so i guess this is her second laying year? i'm not to sure about that but i had one of my Jersey Giants that i named 'Moma' Who hatched 16 chicks two and a half months ago and shes now broody again! We actually gave her a couple of special eggs we were planning on incubating so we thought "Perfect!" but then another thought came to mind.... Is this going to be a problem? How many times will she continue to go broody? How often can chickens go broody? Ugh the thoughts are just swarming around my head! Anyways.... Any replies will be greatly appreciated.

 

[JaeG]

Some chickens go broody all the time (like my bantam Wyandottes in summer - 6 weeks broody, 6 weeks off, repeat). 'Letting' her go broody and become a mother won't make her anymore broody than she would be if you didn't. If that makes sense! She's just got great mothering hormones/genes.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

A bird prone to brood will attempt to do so as soon as spring warms up into cold nights of fall. The variety of chickens we raise are prone to brood and a few hens I swear made four attempts last year, was breaking a few birds of habit in early November. This year about half of the older birds are on their second attempt now. Have five of nine hens in a broody busting pen as we speak.

If I were you I'd try not to hatch any eggs from your broody bird. Once you've got an entire flock of broodies it becomes a lot of work busting them of habit with a huge loss of egg production. It's cute with only one or two birds or a hen attempting one or two batches a year. I assure you it's aggravating with all hens three or more times a year. It's something I've trying to tone down through breeding.