The DOCTOR who lives next door just asked me

[chickygirl2]

My boss- a dentist -asked the same question lol......

I also had someone come out a couple weeks ago to pick up a rescue puppy that asked if my giant dewlap goose was pregnant because she was so big ! : )

 

[shmooborp]

when i got my first chickens , my dad was like " well theres no piont in having chickens, we cant have a rooster, so we wont get eggs" i thought that was SOOO funny, i have known that since i was like 5. i guess it was more funny to me cuz it was my own dad.. who i thought knew everything.. lol. i mean if u think about it, layer houses have thousands of birds in there, and it would be hard to introduce them all to a rooster everyday inorder to get eggs.

 

[shmooborp]

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AHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAA now thats funny.

 

[smom1976]

ha ha this thread is soooo funny..

but cats still go into "heat" even without a male around.

 

[Dar]

my own dad a self proclaimed "farm boy" from newfoundland...told me that my eggs will be no good from a hen unless there is a rooster around...thats just what his daddy told him...funny how wives tales are believed to be truth...lets just say he has eaten some of the best non rooster inspired eggs from me...

 

[ibpboo]

How about this for a reason why hens can lay eggs without roosters

'because the hormones are in the feed!!'

Now that one really got me laughing!!

 

[patandchickens]

To be fair, I doubt that most people think in terms of ovulation, in the general biological sense, when they think of chicken eggs. They usually think either a) breakfasttime, or b) fluffy baby chicks. A chicken EGG is different enough (seeming) from a human EGG that I think even an MD should be forgiven for not thinking about the mechanics of it all

Pat, with a large pony *gelding* who I periodically get asked "when's the baby due" because he is such a whale - but again, really, I think it is an understandable mistake -- if a horse looks apparently-obviously pregnant, how many people would think to check the plumbing first.

 

[mommy9994]

HA! I had a SCHOOL TEACHER ask me "Does 'rooster' taste like chicken?". HMMM reason #501 why we homeschool! LOL