How can I tell if my hen is pregnant?

[Compost King]

Yeah that's probably a better comparison.

Idk, I call eggs chicken periods... hubby not to find of that euphemism.

I have referred to it as that too, My Leghorns have daily menstruations.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yeah that's probably a better comparison.

Idk, I call eggs chicken periods... hubby not to find of that euphemism.

That's exactly what they are. Ovulation.
When I told a chicken class that, one guy said, "No wonder roosters are so cranky".

 

[Rammy]

That's exactly what they are. Ovulation.
When I told a chicken class that, one guy said, "No wonder roosters are so cranky".

Roosters are the ones that are cranky? Ummmm....

 

[Tesumph]

That's exactly what they are. Ovulation.
When I told a chicken class that, one guy said, "No wonder roosters are so cranky".

You teach a chicken class?

 

[aart]

I don’t know if there’s a good comparison for the shell. The uterus?

Close, kinda, the shell gland is the uterus.
See the clown who started this thread now has us making ridiculous mammalian and avian connections. SMH.

 

[Compost King]

OK I now have my Avian Pregnancy test available on Ebay, just $19.99

 

[bobbi-j]

Oh yeah!
A friend of mine swears that the more degrees her friends attain, the less common sense they have.

Probably true to a point. But does past knowledge evaporate with acquisition of new information?

Yes. You have to get rid of the old to make room for the new.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I posit that the hen is pregnant when the yolk has a bull's-eye on it. Crack the egg into a bowl and look for this tell-tale spot. Then you will know that your chicken WAS pregnant. Until you cracked the egg, of course! Unfortunately you now have, basically, a chicken abortion.

 

[jeepgirl13]

OK I now have my Avian Pregnancy test available on Ebay, just $19.99

Omg dude you're gonna sell out.

Is it a bag of herbs you put chicken pee in? If it turns colors shes knocked up, if it doesn't, shes not.

 

[jeepgirl13]

I posit that the hen is pregnant when the yolk has a bull's-eye on it. Crack the egg into a bowl and look for this tell-tale spot. Then you will know that your chicken WAS pregnant. Until you cracked the egg, of course! Unfortunately you now have, basically, a chicken abortion.

Oh be careful...

Peta will find us and shut us down for aborting chicken pregnancies....