Whats old hen who does not lay called?

[gabbyscritters]

As long as people are looking at this post I will ask another question for you all.

Can you name some breeds of chickens that have more than one type of comb?

Daughter is looking throught he standard of perfection trying to create this list, again for her study notecard binder.

So far: Nankins (SCCL & RCCL), Leghorns (SCCL & RCCL)

What else can you think of?

 

[Judy]

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I doubt pet chickens will ever be the norm, if you define it by the numbers and look at how many chickens are strictly for the food supply. But we do differ here. It actually appeals to me that they can be either. Actually I'm one of those oddballs that both eats them and has pets. Either viewpoint can embrace a humane life and death, after all. Just a member's opinion, of course.

 

[jbourget]

soup

 

[JulieNKC]

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Rhode island reds come in rose combed also I believe.

 

[mamabigbird]

Old Biddies ... like me, in my signature ... LOL.
Actually my old non-layers are called "coop insulators".
Their body heat helps in the winter and I let them live out their days as long as they're healthy.
I have culled and eaten a couple of nasty beasts that were bullies, though.
"Godzilla soup", I call it.

 

[Fred's Hens]

The RIR does indeed come in two different combs. The rose combs are very, very rare, although some folks here on BYC do indeed have them. Right off the top of my head, I'm fogging up as to another breed. Sheeesh.

 

[Marcymom3]

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Mine will be called Insect Eradication Specialists.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I used to have some Dorkings with a rose comb. That was about 20 years ago. Single combs are the most popular. I don't know if the rose combs are accepted in shows, though.

 

[galanie]

I'm actually pretty much in both camps. My very first hens ever (and there are only three) are pets. They will be subsidized in their old age and die of "natural causes" (which is dumb - no one really ever dies of "natural causes"). The rest are different. They are livestock, names or not.

Like many here though, I understand and respect both views.

 

[smkchick]

I broached this question at dinner tonight. The consensus was that we could not eat the birds we had named and loved. Yes, they are "insect elimination specialists", "coop insulators" and "fertilizer designers". But I have a Town limit to keep in mind, so I need to have room for egg-layers too. We agreed that we could send them out to pasture somewhere, but not actually butcher them. It's a tough question...

My first response was that they are called "dinner".