Is this true

[cms1113]

Everyone keeps telling me that i need a rooster for my hens to lay eggs. But I thought you only needed a rooster if you wanted fertile eggs.

 

[Wynette]

You are correct. A rooster will give you fertilized eggs; pullets/hens will lay regardless of having a rooster.

 

[speckledhen]

Really, it's just the plain old facts of life. A hen ovulates without a rooster just like a woman ovulates without a man. I always wonder why people would ever believe that a hen wont lay without a rooster--doesn't make any sense at all.

 

[Wynette]

Nope, sure doens't. I'm with ya, Cyn. It's basic biology.

 

[cms1113]

THANK YOU!!

 

[Ron]

The next time someone tells you this, ask them if they think factory egg laying operations have a rooster in every tiny crowded compartment!

 

[gratefulchick]

Good one, Ron! I'll remember that because I swear I get asked that more than any question.

 

[thechickenchick]

I get asked that all the time too! Even my MIL!

Here one for you... My son came home and said his friends don't believe him that a rooster is a chicken! He went back after checking with me and told them they were wrong! One boy checked with a teacher who disagreed with my son!

 

[NRacine]

Oh! This drives me nuts! I've used both replies of "well, don't you still ovulate if you don't have a boyfriend?" and "do you think the chickens at the egg factories have roos stuffed in those little cages with them?"

Whoever started this rumor is a jerk.

 

[Fancie]

supposably the rooster is srtutting up and down the isles... that is what I heard...