Getting a chicken pregnant?
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Not quite as it seems!
We have some chickens (no rooster). For the sake of argument, each chicken lays 1 egg every day
Now, if we had a rooster, who then has a bit of jiggy jiggy with a hen, an egg will plop out in the next day or so all fertilized.
What happens then, though? Does the hen then go straight back off & lay a bunch of regular eggs, or does she lay a number of fertilized eggs, or does she stop laying completely during the gestation period, or what?
We have some chickens (no rooster). For the sake of argument, each chicken lays 1 egg every day
Now, if we had a rooster, who then has a bit of jiggy jiggy with a hen, an egg will plop out in the next day or so all fertilized.
What happens then, though? Does the hen then go straight back off & lay a bunch of regular eggs, or does she lay a number of fertilized eggs, or does she stop laying completely during the gestation period, or what?
clarkey318is said:
I don't think pregnant is the right word...
excellent!Lays only one egg that is fertilised. It will be broody though so will sit on the egg obviously to hatch it. You can take it away and eat it (perfectly safe) or you can incubate it, or just leave it with the broody chicken to hatch.
If you want chicks we always incubate and sometime hens are a bit lazy.
The chicken lays one egg everyday like normal but they are just fertilised. They stop laying when they have chicks.
Pregnant Chickens FFS! 
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1)Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you. Eggs for breakfast, then slaughter the chickens and BBQ them.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
EFA.Here's some basic advice for you:-
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Honestly, some people.........
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Thanks for the advice, chap Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
You'll be delighted to hear we are getting 6 Alpaca's in a few weeks.
Hopefully they'll last longer than the Geese last year......
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Get over yourself, it's a fHere's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
king chicken.Silent1 said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Get over yourself, it's fHere's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
kng a chicken.Edited by ZOLLAR on Friday 23 April 20:16
schmalex said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Thanks for the advice, chap Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
You'll be delighted to hear we are getting 6 Alpaca's in a few weeks.
Hopefully they'll last longer than the Geese last year......
Have you tried vaseline and a pencil?
Mazda Baiter said:
schmalex said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Thanks for the advice, chap Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
You'll be delighted to hear we are getting 6 Alpaca's in a few weeks.
Hopefully they'll last longer than the Geese last year......
Have you tried vaseline and a pencil?
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Your user name is a damned lie!Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Kermit power said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS!
Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Your user name is a damned lie!Here's some basic advice for you:-
1) Give the chickens back to the person who sold them to you.
2) Read a book about how to look after your chickens (an old fashioned but reliable method of learning)
3) When you have the required knowledge and equipment to responsibly look after the chickens and any subsequent chicks then get some more.
Honestly, some people.........
Good luck to the OP with the Alpacas
I hope you've got a bloody big cockerel to help you out with the breeding programme.Ayahuasca said:
A hen's egg, it has a bit of girth on it doesn't it?
Well, yes it does. Which leads me to another chicken related topic that I've been discussing with my son recently. Do they have fannies?
I assume they do, as I guess they wouldn't be designed for it to come out of their bum.
schmalex said:
Ayahuasca said:
A hen's egg, it has a bit of girth on it doesn't it?
Well, yes it does. Which leads me to another chicken related topic that I've been discussing with my son recently. Do they have fannies?
I assume they do, as I guess they wouldn't be designed for it to come out of their bum.
Chickens have vents....Alpaca's have fannies.
http://www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm
HTH
schmalex said:
Ayahuasca said:
A hen's egg, it has a bit of girth on it doesn't it?
Well, yes it does. Which leads me to another chicken related topic that I've been discussing with my son recently. Do they have fannies?
I assume they do, as I guess they wouldn't be designed for it to come out of their bum.
And were you really discussing "fannies" with your son?
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