Once a broody, always a broody?

Poppy always did... I wish she would lay again so I could get some eggs off her and under her, but it has been a year since her last.

That's really interesting Pauline. My Speckledie is just 15 months (born Jan/Feb) and has been broody 3 times since last May when I got her.
Looking back in my diary she laid her first egg in August (quite late), went broody 4 weeks later for 5 weeks, laid an occasional egg (moulting) for 5 weeks then went broody for 5 weeks, laid erratically for 6 weeks and is currently broody again (3 weeks so far).
Never noticed the fact that she has been laying a clutch every time. Wish I'd recorded how many eggs she actually laid in between broods.......
I do know she was manically pumping out the eggs every day just after the first signs of broodiness then went into full blown and stopped laying.
Fascinating!
Wish she'd stop it though!

I don't suppose allowing her to hatch one lot would make any difference then?

I'm tempted to get some bantam eggs for next time as I would like to add a couple of bantams to my little flock but not sure about it yet.

I let my broody hatch 1 batch and although it was better than her sitting on no eggs for 9 weeks, it still didn't make a difference to her broody temperament.
Remember if she hatched some usually half will be cockerels 
I was lucky only 1 hatched and it was a Welsummer hen 

yes I realise we can't guarantee girls and we'd have to do something with any boys, that's why I'm not rushing to do it.  Plus we only have one henhouse and run so that would need sorting out too first. 

Couldn't have put anything under her this time anyway because they are off to the Chicken Hotel in a couple of weeks while we go to a family wedding and take a few days off.