Is this fact or fiction?.....( About Barred Rock hens)

[underground chickenman]

Don't worry, it is a common misconception that hens need a rooster to lay eggs. The fact is, hens lay eggs with or without a rooster. The eggs won't be fertile without a rooster, so if you want chicks from your eggs, you will need a rooster. If you just want eggs, you don't. Whether you have a rooster or not, whether the eggs are fertile or not, they can be eaten with no perceptible difference in nutritional quality or taste.

The laughter you are seeing on this board is all good natured, I assure you. I have to admit, I chuckled a bit too. Don't let it discourage you from asking questions, no matter how elementary they may seem. Chortles aside, everybody is willing to answer your questions.

UGCM

 

[Wheels]

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It will take a lot more than anyone here can say to get my goat. I am an gritty 100% service connected Army Veteran who serve my county with pride.Even though I am confine to a wheel chair for the rest of my life. I would do it all again with no regert. If I could take the ribbing you get as a newbie in the army. This will be a piece of cake.

 

[rdranch]

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It will take a lot more than anyone here can say to get my goat. I am an gritty 100% service connected Army Veteran who serve my county with pride.Even though I am confine to a wheel chair for the rest of my life. I would do it all again with no regert. If I could take the ribbing you get as a newbie in the army. This will be a piece of cake.

Thank you for your service and

 

[wvgal61]

I am honored to share this site with you , and thank you for your service.

 

[chickenlittle1980]

this reminds me of a question my friend asked me once. She asked me if she needed a rooster to have eggs...... Sounds like a normal question right the thing I found funny is what she does for work.......Thats right she is a vet. a DVM!!!!!!!!

I dont know you would think she would know that one!

 

[Illia]

Sorry to say this, but. . .

My hens must produce a LOT of eggs with all the roosters I have.

though. We all learn this at some point.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

Ok I have had it this week with all these people asking questions like these I am sorry I just need to

Now if your serious about this question then I must Yes hens lay eggs without a roo they have chikens with a roo.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

It's a perfectly reasonable question. In fact, it's one that I get asked about all the time. Many people keep laying flocks without a rooster, and factory egg farms don't have any roosters at all.

 

[saddina]

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It will take a lot more than anyone here can say to get my goat. I am an gritty 100% service connected Army Veteran who serve my county with pride.Even though I am confine to a wheel chair for the rest of my life. I would do it all again with no regert. If I could take the ribbing you get as a newbie in the army. This will be a piece of cake.

Teachers get that one wrong as well. I'm on a set of wheels as well (had to stop going to walmart, too many poor underware choices on display, don't people realize that's eye-level for some of us?!?).