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5/10/12 at 11:03am
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Help!!!

I have four baby chicks I got from a feed mill. I got chicks for more of a hobby than anything and just wanted egg layers. The guy at the mill sold me four chicks all female. I still do not understand how I get eggs without them needing a rooster. Can someone please explain to me?

I feel like an idiot!

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post #2 of 6
5/10/12 at 11:24am

Most females ovulate (release an egg, weather it's a human inside or a chicken outside) regardless of a male being present or having intercourse/mating. If you have no rooster, your eggs will not be fertile and could not be brooded to develop baby chicks. If you do have a rooster, the eggs will be fertile. Still good to eat, no difference, but if a hen sits on (broods) them for a week or so straight, night time included, they'll start to develop baby chicks.

 

I know of lots of women who wish they didn't ovulate just because there's no man around!

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #3 of 6
5/10/12 at 8:54pm
Welcome to byc. And you don't need a rooster to get eggs....but you do if you want them to hatch. Hens will lay with or without a rooster. :)
Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mites-lice-treatment-and-prevention
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-loosing...
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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mites-lice-treatment-and-prevention
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chickens-loosing...
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post #4 of 6
5/10/12 at 9:15pm
The hen will go through the process of producing the egg whether there's a rooster round or not. A rooster's only needed to fertilise the eggs that the hen produce.

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post #5 of 6
5/15/12 at 8:26am
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Thank you that makes sense! I appreciate all of my fellow BYC's knowledge!!

Sincerely,

Newbie

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post #6 of 6
5/15/12 at 8:27am
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Thanks a lot it all makes sense it was just hard for me to comprehend!

Thanks so much

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