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[WVduckchick]

Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Thanks for the morning laugh, Ron.

Whenever people ask me if hens need a rooster to lay eggs I just look at them and deadpan, "do I need a rooster to lay an egg every month?"

It takes them a few minutes but they usually get it.

Tried to go outside to let the biddies out this morning and ran into a skunk.

I hightailed it (pun intended) back to the house. I'll have to go out later before we leave for work and hope all the muck out there is frozen and I don't get it on myself.

That's the way I explained it to my sister when she said she didn't want to eat non-store-bought eggs, because she was afraid they had an undeveloped baby in them.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Diva that was rats.

 

[Latestarter]

That's the way I explained it to my sister when she said she didn't want to eat non-store-bought eggs, because she was afraid they had an undeveloped baby in them.

It's amazing how some folks' thought processes work... I mean where do the store bought eggs come from? Some non-reproducing chicken breed? Manufactured in a test tube? I mean, an egg by definition is an undeveloped "baby"... If it's a chicken egg, it came from a chicken! Doesn't matter WHERE the chicken is physically located

The difference is the eggs produced from an at home flock have come from chickens with substantially better living conditions than most mass produced eggs, and we know what went into our food (eggs) producers (chickens) in the way of no UN-natural substances such as steroids and hormones, antibiotics & pesticides etc. Our home grown eggs are better for us!

Most folks today are so separated from reality and their food source that they really have no comprehension... They buy it in packaging designed to attract their attention, having no idea what it really is, what chemicals it contains, or if it's even good for them or not. It's nice that some folks are "waking up" and trying to go with "organic" and "local" food sources and getting back to more healthy/natural food. Trying to avoid GMOs and synthetic stuff, or mass produced non-healthy foods.

Of course for folks living in big cities, they really don't have the ability to produce their own food. I get it. But they can still do some research and shop smarter, making better choices. Big agribusiness won't survive long doing what they presently do, if nobody buys their products. They will have to change their practices or cease to exist. Of course that's never going to happen until consumers smarten up and become the majority.

Sorry for the soap box. Have a great week!

 

[Alaskan]

My sister met a person that had graduated from medical school.....




And didn't know that butter came from cows

 

[ChickenCanoe]

How long of a conjugal visit are roosters allowed?

If memory serves, it was 3 days.
I'll try to look it up.

Seems like a number of folks have been getting sent "oops" eggs

I only had one breed of roosters for the last few years until some crosses started growing up that I haven't had time to cull yet.
Luckily none of them are with the flock that is currently laying. In the next week, they will be eliminated.
It is a caution though.

Yes!

Many breeders are convinced that they only need to wait thee or four days after switching roosters before the eggs are his.

You cannot tell them different too. They want to blame it on a super rooster. People are very silly sometimes.

I tell them that hens have a storage gland and that is why they stay fertile for so long. They still do not get it.

Seriously, chickens are not people and they do not work the same! Geesh, Did their mother sit on an egg to hatch them? Then why on Earth can't they understand that things are different...

Here's an excellent publication on the subject from the University of Nebraska.

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1628&context=usdaarsfacpub

There are actually two primary sites containing sperm storage tubules. One in the vagina, ;the organ which has functions of sperm selection, storage and transport. The other is in the infundibulum which is the only place where fertilization can occur during the initial 15 minutes after the ovum is released from the ovary.

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Whenever people ask me if hens need a rooster to lay eggs I just look at them and deadpan, "do I need a rooster to lay an egg every month?"

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I say something similar. Except not about me. I think biology is a mystery to many, and even more so when about another species.

Thanks!

On another thread someone said that they were finally starting to understand my humor. Like Sour, I sometimes get into trouble with stuff like that.

Me too. I guess I need to embrace emojis.

That's the way I explained it to my sister when she said she didn't want to eat non-store-bought eggs, because she was afraid they had an undeveloped baby in them.

They do, but you can't see it.
Some people only want to eat fertile eggs. For some strange reason, they think they are more nutritious.
Yum.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's amazing how some folks' thought processes work... I mean where do the store bought eggs come from? Some non-reproducing chicken breed? Manufactured in a test tube? I mean, an egg by definition is an undeveloped "baby"... If it's a chicken egg, it came from a chicken! Doesn't matter WHERE the chicken is physically located

The difference is the eggs produced from an at home flock have come from chickens with substantially better living conditions than most mass produced eggs, and we know what went into our food (eggs) producers (chickens) in the way of no UN-natural substances such as steroids and hormones, antibiotics & pesticides etc. Our home grown eggs are better for us!

Most folks today are so separated from reality and their food source that they really have no comprehension... They buy it in packaging designed to attract their attention, having no idea what it really is, what chemicals it contains, or if it's even good for them or not. It's nice that some folks are "waking up" and trying to go with "organic" and "local" food sources and getting back to more healthy/natural food. Trying to avoid GMOs and synthetic stuff, or mass produced non-healthy foods.

Of course for folks living in big cities, they really don't have the ability to produce their own food. I get it. But they can still do some research and shop smarter, making better choices. Big agribusiness won't survive long doing what they presently do, if nobody buys their products. They will have to change their practices or cease to exist. Of course that's never going to happen until consumers smarten up and become the majority.

Sorry for the soap box. Have a great week!

I saw a classified ad once admonishing hunters. I hope and pray it was a joke but I'm deathly afraid it wasn't.
It said, and I'm paraphrasing, "All you deer hunters should be ashamed for killing animals. You should go to the grocery store to buy meat where they make it and no animals were harmed."

I guess it is a result of the products in pretty packaging and clear wrap.
I have a real issue with meat packed in gas to keep it from turning brown as it ages. That is a technique Walmart uses. I don't want meat that doesn't oxidize.

By the way, there are no growth or other types of hormones used in poultry production - whether for broilers or eggs.

My sister met a person that had graduated from medical school.....




And didn't know that butter came from cows

I had a friend that was a nurse and didn't know that a rooster was a male. Her doctor boyfriend looked at her incredulously - trying not to laugh.
How can you grow up watching cartoons and not know that?

 

[Alaskan]

Dang am I glad I spent so much time growing up on a ranch

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Same here.
All this stuff seems intuitive to me but maybe if one never had contact with animals they may not necessarily have the neurons and brain data to know.

I guess it may be similar to the challenge of an 80 year old to use a computer.

 

[perchie.girl]

My sister met a person that had graduated from medical school.....




And didn't know that butter came from cows

Just because you are smart doesnt mean you have common sense.

 

[Bunnylady]

Well, she-oot, don't ever'body know that all cats're female, and all dogs're male?