How can I tell if my hen is pregnant?

[CJONESFAY]

there is a test kit you can buy just have to get her to urinate on stick ....or ask rooster...duh

 

[jeepgirl13]

Dont let the chickens have co-ed sleepover and we wont have unintended chicken pregnancies!

This is true. We had this conversation in my kindergarten class just the other day while looking at a picture of a bunch of birds on a power line. One of the boys commented, very seriously, that he thought it was a bird factory, where birds got made. . I said “hang on, do birds come from factories?! Where do birds come from?” Another child piped up “eggs!” And so I added “Where do the eggs come from?” “Chickens!!!” So very close! (I teach city kids, and their understanding of nature is something we work on).

Thanks for the laugh!

At least they got the bird part right. I remember one time I was showing the little neighbor girl the coop, birds, and talking about the eggs. She said two things that day that made me very sad. The first, I have heard from adults too. She says "eeew! Eggs come froma chickens butt?" (I've had adults say this to me, "ewww! I cant eat your eggs. They came from a chickens butt. I'll just get mine from a store.")

The other thing she said to me, when I asked her where she thinks her meat comes from, she says to me, "McDonalds"

These poor children these days. I raised my son as closely to the earth as I was able. He understands life must be taken for us to eat, and prefers the food we raise over the store stuff. I feel like this has made him super compassionate. We just processed a nasty(tempered, he tasted great) rooster, and I spent about 30 minutes hugging him while he cried because he witnessed the actual killing part this time. I usually did that by myself and showed him the butchering process.

So glad those little ones have a teacher like you!! I know a few teachers stand out in my mind for really going above and beyond. Maybe you could hatch out some babies with them!!

 

[lifein1840]

Also what do i do if my chickens milk hasnt come in until later?

I used to teach living history classes at an historic site and had a momma hen with chicks. Something spooked her so she called the chicks and they all ran under her. There was a family watching and talking with me. When the lady saw what had happened, she told her children "look, they all went under the momma to nurse" I pretended not to hear what she had said and explained what was going on.....

 

[lifein1840]

There is a very simple chicken pregnancy test....just check to see if their lips are changing color

 

[Quackter]

Dont let the chickens have co-ed sleepover and we wont have unintended chicken pregnancies!


At least they got the bird part right. I remember one time I was showing the little neighbor girl the coop, birds, and talking about the eggs. She said two things that day that made me very sad. The first, I have heard from adults too. She says "eeew! Eggs come froma chickens butt?" (I've had adults say this to me, "ewww! I cant eat your eggs. They came from a chickens butt. I'll just get mine from a store.")

The other thing she said to me, when I asked her where she thinks her meat comes from, she says to me, "McDonalds"

These poor children these days. I raised my son as closely to the earth as I was able. He understands life must be taken for us to eat, and prefers the food we raise over the store stuff. I feel like this has made him super compassionate. We just processed a nasty(tempered, he tasted great) rooster, and I spent about 30 minutes hugging him while he cried because he witnessed the actual killing part this time. I usually did that by myself and showed him the butchering process.

So glad those little ones have a teacher like you!! I know a few teachers stand out in my mind for really going above and beyond. Maybe you could hatch out some babies with them!!

Tag you're it @Windy_Acres My multi quote skills are poor.

Our FFA teacher, (late 90s), once told us that around one-third of all grade school students in NYC believed that eggs were made in a factory. Do I have an actual citation? Nope, but he was a pretty solid teacher. Honestly, he should have taught economics. We learned more solid, life learned, financial lessons in tangent discussions, than every class geared towards such, combined.

 

[Windy_Acres]

Dont let the chickens have co-ed sleepover and we wont have unintended chicken pregnancies!


At least they got the bird part right. I remember one time I was showing the little neighbor girl the coop, birds, and talking about the eggs. She said two things that day that made me very sad. The first, I have heard from adults too. She says "eeew! Eggs come froma chickens butt?" (I've had adults say this to me, "ewww! I cant eat your eggs. They came from a chickens butt. I'll just get mine from a store.")

The other thing she said to me, when I asked her where she thinks her meat comes from, she says to me, "McDonalds"

These poor children these days. I raised my son as closely to the earth as I was able. He understands life must be taken for us to eat, and prefers the food we raise over the store stuff. I feel like this has made him super compassionate. We just processed a nasty(tempered, he tasted great) rooster, and I spent about 30 minutes hugging him while he cried because he witnessed the actual killing part this time. I usually did that by myself and showed him the butchering process.

So glad those little ones have a teacher like you!! I know a few teachers stand out in my mind for really going above and beyond. Maybe you could hatch out some babies with them!!

I do hatch babies every spring, and we usually do it with a whole farm unit, and talk about all of the food. The misconceptions are very sad- although the boy who thought eggs came from eggplants was probably my favourite. I also had a group that became so excited when they realized how yummy pigs really were- we couldn't talk about pigs after that without someone licking their lips and rubbing their belly...

 

[Thomas70]

Oh, thank you so much! I didn't expect a reply so soon, that clears things up a little but unfortunately I just posted a related thread so every ones gunna think I'm dumb

You are really dumb if you think chickens get pregnant and give milk.

 

[jeepgirl13]

There is a very simple chicken pregnancy test....just check to see if their lips are changing color

Or if their nuggets have started to enlarge

 

[jeepgirl13]

I used to teach living history classes at an historic site and had a momma hen with chicks. Something spooked her so she called the chicks and they all ran under her. There was a family watching and talking with me. When the lady saw what had happened, she told her children "look, they all went under the momma to nurse" I pretended not to hear what she had said and explained what was going on.....

I have no words...
I would have adjourned class cuz I done peed myself laughing....

 

[jeepgirl13]

Tag you're it @Windy_Acres My multi quote skills are poor.

Our FFA teacher, (late 90s), once told us that around one-third of all grade school students in NYC believed that eggs were made in a factory. Do I have an actual citation? Nope, but he was a pretty solid teacher. Honestly, he should have taught economics. We learned more solid, life learned, financial lessons in tangent discussions, than every class geared towards such, combined.

I had science teacher like this. Pete Delanoy. Dude was AWESOME! He let my friend and I bring in horse testicles from one of the horses at the barn that got gelded for dissection. Had many more awesome times with that teacher.