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  1. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: That's it! That's what mine looks like too, he drops one wing, does a fancy step, then jumps on the girls! LOL I call that the Woo Dance. Ahhhh, the Rooster Circle, Drop Wing, Dance of Love! Now, back to The Egg Song... It Is the same series of syllables as a warning cry, but...
  2. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Well, hens generally lay their eggs in the day-TIME, during daylight hours. Not at night, in the dark that happens at night. But you don't need to put a light or lights in your coop in order for them to lay. (Unless you've got a pitch dark coop, no windows or openings at all, and what...
  3. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Oh, no, there IS an Egg Song! Those that do sing it use the same syllables, cadence, and verses. Some have their own style, as with any performer, some know more verses, some only sing a stanza or two, and some are downright terrible singers. I've always understood that -- my ability to...
  4. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    Quote: Boy, there is something I could say, here, but I won't, in deference to the family orientation of BYC. But I am most certainly biting the inside of my cheek with the effort!
  5. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    In my early twenties, when I was quite a drinker, I decided to get some protein into myself before I went to work after a night of over-indulging in hard liquor. Hot skillet, sizzling butter, one egg into it, and I cracked the second egg right over the first. A partially formed chick plopped...
  6. gryeyes

    Chicken myths and old wives' tales, please!

    "Fertilized eggs are better for you, anyway," said my landlady when I first told her one of my chicks turned out to be a rooster. Although it was a positive statement, I did think it was odd. It sure helps when people at work ask about the eggs I sell. (My landlady is also a co-worker.)
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