How can I tell if my hen is pregnant?

[Mvan42]

I'm sure it's got chicken flavoring in it....

I think most of it tast like broccoli.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

America Test Kitchen tested a half dozen packaged stock/broths.
They are very thorough with lab testing.
Only one had any chicken products in it at all...and it was very little.
I can't remember all the details, you could probably find the show online,
but there are many other compounds that make things taste 'meaty'.

Maybe that's why I only use vegetable broth.
There are just too many artificial flavors, artificial color and other artificial ingredients in food today. Animals, plants and fungi are food. Artificial, is not food.

 

[sealer39]

Well it says “100% natural” right on the box. So it’s not chicken milk?
Ok, I get it now. They make that pretty box, stick a funnel in it, and wring out a chickens until the box is full. That makes much more sense now that I think about it.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

100% natural has no meaningful significance. That is an unregulated term printed on packaging.

 

[jeepgirl13]

100% natural has no meaningful significance. That is an unregulated term printed on packaging.

Natural just means theres not any fake flavorings, but like another poster said, there lots of things that taste meaty. Natural things included.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

According to USDA, “natural” meat and poultry products cannot contain artificial colors, artificial flavors, preservatives or other artificial ingredients, and they should be “minimally processed.” However, this label does not tell us how the animals were raised, what they were fed, if antibiotics or hormones were used, or other aspects of production that consumers might logically expect from something labeled “natural.”

This is a very good read.
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/natural-food-definition

 

[sealer39]

You all do realize that I’m being sarcastic, right?

 

[Aunt Angus]

I was teaching a robot class and an old electrician said, "wait a minute, I've been an electrician a long time and" (pointing at his head) he continued, "I have a lot of stuff up here, before I can let something new in, I have to let something out."

I hope my brain doesn't work like that.

Lol! I'm getting to the point where I think mine does! When my son was much younger, he said brains were like computer hard drives. Once your memory gets used up, something has to get deleted in order to free up space.

Good gracious... I used to be able to learn new things so quickly. Now it takes foreverrrrr..... My brain must be too full.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You all do realize that I’m being sarcastic, right?

I got that.

 

[Toetwo]

Hi, I'm pretty new to chickens and I have a couple questions. Firstly how can I tell if my hens are pregnant? I have a rooster in the herd but I'm not sure if the the hens are old enough yet. How would I know when they are old enough and what do I do if they have twins? Or do they always have multiple?

Hens will lay eggs. If the rooster has been attentive (ahem) the eggs will be fertile. If the eggs are kept under a hen all warm and cozy, or a heat lamp, in 21 days you will have peeps.