Getting a chicken pregnant?

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schmalex

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13,616 posts

213 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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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 yum

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

2,220 posts

181 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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I don't think pregnant is the right word...

JakeS

2,270 posts

192 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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clarkey318is said:
I don't think pregnant is the right word...
hehe 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.

Doofus

28,432 posts

180 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Can I do this one?

I'm going to anyway:












JakeS said:
hehe eggcellent!
EFA


Tee hee

biggrin

Edited by Doofus on Friday 23 April 19:44

Ayahuasca

27,428 posts

286 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Cockerill

MBHappyBunny

25 posts

179 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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.........


Famous Graham

26,553 posts

232 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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schmalex said:
Getting a chicken pregnant?
fk it.

HTH

Stu R

21,410 posts

222 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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.

schmalex

Original Poster:

13,616 posts

213 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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 thumbup

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......

Silent1

19,761 posts

242 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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 fking chicken.

ZOLLAR

19,914 posts

180 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Silent1 said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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 fcensoredkng a chicken.
EFA hehe

Edited by ZOLLAR on Friday 23 April 20:16

Mazda Baiter

37,068 posts

195 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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schmalex said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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 thumbup

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......
hehe

Have you tried vaseline and a pencil? wink

wavey

Silent1

19,761 posts

242 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Mazda Baiter said:
schmalex said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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 thumbup

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......
hehe

Have you tried vaseline and a pencil? wink

wavey
That's foreplay for when the OH wont put out and the only other option is the cat isn't it?

Kermit power

29,470 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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!

MBHappyBunny

25 posts

179 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Kermit power said:
MBHappyBunny said:
Pregnant Chickens FFS! banghead

Here's some basic advice for you:- teacher

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!
Ha-Ha, perhaps I should change it to HappyChicken wink

Good luck to the OP with the Alpacas wavey I hope you've got a bloody big cockerel to help you out with the breeding programme.


Ayahuasca

27,428 posts

286 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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A hen's egg, it has a bit of girth on it doesn't it?


schmalex

Original Poster:

13,616 posts

213 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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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.

MBHappyBunny

25 posts

179 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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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.
Sorry, couldn't resist..

Chickens have vents....Alpaca's have fannies.

http://www.afn.org/~poultry/egghen.htm

HTH


Balmoral Green

41,745 posts

255 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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Check out the 'chicken' newsgroups.

Japveesix

4,529 posts

175 months

Friday 23rd April 2010
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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.
Oh god, is this serious?

And were you really discussing "fannies" with your son?