Myth busters- advice that keeps coming

[RoyD1949]

Some one on here not too long ago had been throwing out their pulllets first eggs because someone told them the chicken's first eggs are inedible and to throw them out.

Never heard that one before

We use the small pullet eggs for our sausage egg and cheese biscuits, just the right size. We also use for scrambled eggs

 

[RoyD1949]

I was told once that the yellow is darker on a fertile egg. I found out later that the darker yellows depends on what you feed them

 

[FlyWheel]

White eggs come from light colored chickens, dark chickens lay brown eggs.

I actually used to believe this one

 

[microchick]

From an old friend that I really thought knew more about chickens....'so how does this egg thing really work? I mean, you have roosters.....so you get chickens from eggs if you have roosters but do hens still lay eggs if you don't have a rooster?'....ummmmm....yeah. I think that's the way it works but give me a minute to think about it...I have a lot of roosters.

Also from just about everything I've ever read about chickens on the internet...broody hens make the best mothers.....not my broodies. If they were human DCFS would be showing up at the coop for about half of them for chick abuse, another quarter would be calling me for bail because they murdered their offspring. The remaining quarter should be nominated for mother of the year because THOSE hens are the great mothers.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

What?! When did the UK become the fun police?

I know just think of all those crushed chicken dreams now banning them from something they love...

I believe the ban was placed in 2014 as a way to try and prevent disease spreading to all livestock and entering the food chain. Most dried mealworms over here are raised and produced in foreign countries and have potentially been fed on infected animal proteins. Something like that anyways

When you search chicken laws, that rarely ever pops up so many new owners have absolutely no idea and when they do find out years down the line, they think it's not real...but it is

 

[Folly's place]

NOBODY wants a repeat of the Mad Cow disaster, and now there's African Swine Fever to worry about, and other nasty stuff. Paranoia is a good thing if you are in the field of infectious Diseases!
Mary

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

NOBODY wants a repeat of the Mad Cow disaster, and now there's African Swine Fever to worry about, and other nasty stuff. Paranoia is a good thing if you are in the field of infectious Diseases!
Mary

Honestly there is so many diseases coming and going lately, I think our practices over here as a whole could be improved. We don't have to be NPIP and AI certified etc to sell and show birds but I think they should have some sort of system in place that's similar at least.

Over here you ask a farm vet about testing and they look puzzled as if they've never heard of it

The poultry magazine I purchase has recently had quite a few articles on Chicken laws and illnesses/diseases so I think that will have got the word out a bit more.

 

[microchick]

In the same vein, here in Missouri we have spongiform encephalitis aka chronic wasting disease or prion disorder in our deer population. It began thanks to a hunting preserve owner who brought infected white tail deer in from a another state and one of the little darlings probably got loose and infected the wild deer population.

CWD is a totally nasty disease as you all know. It's basically mad cow disease in deer. As a result of this disease getting loose in the state, hunters have to have their harvested deer tested. Now the funny part, if there is one, is that in one breath, the powers that be in the conservation dept. are telling people that there is no evidence substantiating the transmission of CWD from deer to humans...BUT, if your deer tests positive for it, don't eat the meat.

Just in case. Personally, I do not want to take the chance of eating contaminated meat. Prion disease is a horrible way to die, as if any way is a good way but to have your brains turn to jelly slowly has got to be the top ten worst ways.

We do hunt and we will, if we do get a deer, take it for testing. And no we will not eat the meat if it is positive.

And whatever article said you can't catch diseases from chickens, the author has never heard of histoplasmosis or salmonella. Both icky bugs to catch.

 

[Matilda Belle]

When you buy chicks or hatch eggs, 50% will be roosters and 50% will be hens. - FALSE

In my experience, it's 90% roosters and 10% hens.