How can I tell if my hen is pregnant?

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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...

At least eggplant has the word egg in it. I remember as a kid I thought the previews on videotapes were so the actors could get ready for the show....

I would have small panic attacks when my mom fast forwarded through them, cuz I thought the people were going to mess up since they didnt have enough time to get ready.:idunno
 
I truly enjoyed this trolls sense of humor regarding "pregnant chickens and what happens if their milk doesn't come in." I passed this on to several of my chicken raising neighbors and we all recommend this person should have a discussion with their hens midwife. Since the time from conception to birth is only 21 days, they better make it snappy!
 
I was talking about chickens to a friend of my wife who is a nurse because one of her neighbors had a huge flock of chickens. I found out she didn't know a rooster was a male chicken. In the same conversation, I learned that she ate eggs till she found out they came from chickens. :eek:Her boyfriend who is a doctor friend of mine was shocked. How does one reach adulthood and not know those two bits of information. All one has to do is see the cartoon Foghorn Leghorn. The doctor asked how she couldn't know that. She said, ask her anything about drugs and she knows about it but she doesn't know anything else. :barnie No kidding.
Have you heard the phrase, "Book smart, but has no common sense"?

Another worthless thread on BYC. Imagine that.
But oh, so entertaining!

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.":barnie:th)

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!!:thumbsup
Kids are resilient. You're doing good, teaching him where his food comes from.
 
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