Topic of the Week - Chicken Myths, True or False?

[bgmathteach]

My birds loved it and they are distinctly not exploded, thanks.

Are U sure???? LMAO

 

[bgmathteach]

Not exactly a myth, but - what's the difference between a crop and a breast? I consider the front-middle of a chicken to be a crop, but I know that in reality the crop isn't as big as it feels (well, at least when it's semi-empty.) Please explain this to me!

A 'crop' is actually a 'stretchy' part of the esophagus that fills like a pouch (it can become quite hard when full - like they swallowed a golf ball!) with extra food when the gizzard is full. It slowly empties into the gizzard (usually overnight or when they are 'chill'in and preening) until it is mostly or completely empty. Then it is pretty flat feeling. In older hens, it may not shrink back completely, and may 'pouch' a bit - kind of like a mother's belly shortly after giving birth. Usually, it is right of center near or above the breast.

The 'breast' on a chicken is, quite literally, where the muscles that attach to the breast bone and spread out across to the 'shoulders' (wings in chickens). So, below the neck, above the abdominal cavity, on the anterior (front) side of a chicken. Think 'chest' on a human = 'breast' on a chicken.

 

[Happy hen lover]

This remind me about when I had hound pulley lay baby little eggs for awhile. My SIL said I should sell them as "lite eggs" or " low calorie low cholesterol eggs" ! They rattled around my egg cartons thought of putting in easter grass! Lol

Hound pulley?? What the what the? How about young pullet!--_$##

 

[Noellereagan]

I know hens can crow, but they can't successfully fertilize eggs creating offspring with another hen.

I have a crowing hen. With Serama we keep them in pairs. It's her and a roo. They both crow. She even does the roo dance towards him and does the food call roosters do to hens or the way hens call babies. But she does it daily to call him to the food. She's teeny tiny. Only grams. She has a huge comb for a hen. She has laid eggs and hatched babies. I have this on video more than once. It's an obvious crow.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I have a crowing hen. With Serama we keep them in pairs. It's her and a roo. They both crow. She even does the roo dance towards him and does the food call roosters do to hens or the way hens call babies. But she does it daily to call him to the food. She's teeny tiny. Only grams. She has a huge comb for a hen. She has laid eggs and hatched babies. I have this on video more than once. It's an obvious crow.

So they are a modern chicken pair, they share chicken duties.