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One ostrich egg at a time.

I’m in a very rural area in the mountains where I don’t even have a Walmart within 25 mi, but I’ve got at least 3 feed stores to choose from, and they always put out a list of what breeds they’ll be getting on which dates. I ended up with 2 golden comets, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2...

I’ve never ordered them, I always get them from local feed stores where they order all females.

I’ve been lucky over the years, not getting Roos. I got my first, 3 years ago, and my second last year, out of about 50 chicks, total. But, now I have a Barred Rock that crowed last week, and the other one is a possibility, too. How they get any of those just hatched little things sexed right at...

It was the first time I’ve ever seen them for sale, so decided to try it. She is the cutest thing, tons of personality and, even though she’s half the size of the others, is always the first at the feeder when I fill it. I just can’t believe she’s going to be the size of a standard 6+ lb...

I have a Buckeye chick that’s very small still - the breed grows slowly - that I started calling, Dolley, and an elegant gray EE that I’ve started thinking of as Jackie, but none of the others have been associated with a name, yet.

Hahahahaha. Oh no. I started keeping chickens 8 years ago. Living in the mountains, I have problems with predators, so have had several flocks. Right now, I have Sylvia from the flock 4 years ago that I gave Jewish biddy names, and Peony from last year’s flock that I gave flower names to. I had...

So do snakes, but they, salamanders and fish aren’t warm blooded. I’m sorry. You’re trying to be nice by letting them off the hook, but I'm not that nice. I hold people responsible for learning more in school than just how to write their name. As as we sow, so shall we reap.

All mine are named, too, but after 8 years, I just haven’t mustered up any enthusiasm this time. Maybe once I know their personalities better.

Chickens live on land, like humans, and their shells are hard. Besides, where were they when these things were taught in science class?

Oh, yeah? Says who?

There was a school counselor who grew up in the mountains, but went off to college and the city for a while. Therefore, when she returned, she was pretty full of herself. When I (former city girl) got my chickens, she told me I’d have to get a rooster if I wanted to get eggs, with a superior...

Aha! A real-live citiot!

I have an EE that’s either 3 or 4, I can’t remember. She was giving me about 5 eggs a week until about a month ago, when she just stopped. I think she’s run out of eggs. But, she’s survived several attacks on my flocks, and has become a family member. So, I’m going to let her live out her golden...

Ahhh. An encounter with a Blue Footed Covidiot. Unfortunately, it’s not a rare sighting. I love your user name, btw. I have one of those large metal rooster sculptures next to my coop. I named him Gregory Peck.

Everybody knows things from a factory are cleaner and free of any of that nasty natural stuff. Eewwww

I moved from the city 20 years ago, so that’s not the only qualification. A citiot is one who lives in the city, thinks country people are uneducated, dumb hicks, and thinks Cheetos are real food. One told me she couldn’t eat my eggs because they come from a chicken's butt. When asked where...

I hope you said, "HE only lays hens".

Alrighty, then. Someone on Quora just asked, "Do chickens lie down to lay eggs?" Sure, and they put their little feet in stirrups, too. I love it when they talk about chickens giving birth or chicks "being born", as well.

I’ve got Brahmas for the first time this year. With the feathers on their feet, they remind me of Klinger from M.A.S.H. decked out in his fluffy slippers trying to escape ... again. I’ve named them Lucy and Ethel. Ethel is larger than the other girls, but Lucy is HUGE! With the size of her...