City Slicker from North Carolina

[Pat Brooks]

If chicks become hens and lay eggs to eat. Do you have to get a rooster in order to have new baby chicks? Fifty and getting ready to start this. Explain please.

 

[sourland]

Hens do not need roosters to lay eggs or even to go broody (when they want to set and incubate eggs.) They must be bred by a rooster in order to produce fertile eggs which will develop into chicks once incubated. Good luck venturing into the world of poultry keeping/raising.

 

[Pat Brooks]

Thanks

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Pat Brooks, and

! Pleased you joined our flock! Good luck to you and your fowl!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC from Washington!

 

[drumstick diva]

you may want to check out the forums for information on incubation and hatching chicks.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC! The Learning Center is a great place to start: https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center