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I have a friend who’s kids got POL brown layer pullets through the local feed store (you know the kind I mean, the ones that come to you with one foot in the grave already and lay as many eggs as possible during their pullet year and then croak out) and was convinced they were “purebred RIR” and then got super confused when I said the word “pullet” while we were talking about the birds. Also thought his newest birds were past peak production really quickly because they either slowed down or stopped laying eggs and lost feathers. (They actually culled some perfectly fine birds before they realized they were molting....)

with the rooster thing too, on the other end of the spectrum you get the people that figure since you have birds, that must mean you automatically have fertile eggs too, regardless if you have a roo or not.
 
Or I love the basic run of the mill..you can’t get eggs without a rooster. :lol:
I get that in some of my chicken classes. I once said to think of egg laying as a woman's menstrual cycle. Pondering the egg a day schedule, one of my male students said, "no wonder roosters are so cranky".
 
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There was this lady that had a bunch of chickens in my road, my mom was friends with her. One day they were talking and she said, "I can tell the sex of your chickens. You just need to give me one of them for free." Now, at this time the chicks were around 4 months old and they were meat chickens, we also had 12 so my mom said ok. She grabed the chicks one by one and opened their wings to look at the layer of feathers. :lau This is only valid in the first week! Of course I didn't know that at the time. She said that we had four roos and 7 hens and then ran of with 2 hens because my mom wanted to give her another. So ya, run you "chicken expert"! Now I can vent sex them and I don't call myself a chicken expert.

(The chicks were also killed by her hens when poorly integrated :he)
 
A kid went over to my house one day. (My mom's friend's child) And he pointed at my rooster and said, "That hen looks weird." And I told him, "That is not a hen, it is a rooster." And his eyes widened and he went behind me and said, "But roosters are illegal and they will hurt me! I heard that they are always aggressive and will kill their owners!" Are roosters becoming the "new sterotype pitbull"? 🙄:lau
 

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