What's one fact about poultry that SHOCKED you?

[PippinTheChicken]

Were you told or read a fact about poultry that really surprised you. Now it's you chance to shock and educate everyone!

 

[Geckolady]

I heard the term "mother hen" many times, and thought all hens would mother all chicks. Reality is, if a strange chicken is smaller than them, war is probably imminent.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I was on google and I found out that chickens don't always try to reproduce with the opposite gender.... this may explain...

its quite sweet actually... not sure if 100% true!

 

[The Moonshiner]

I've found it extremely crazy how much misinformation there is out there about poultry and the amount of people that will believe anything they find on Google.

 

[Chookchicken]

I was on google and I found out that chickens don't always try to reproduce with the opposite gender.... this may explain...View attachment 2622856its quite sweet actually

The reason they do this is because their trying to assert dominance over the other chicken involved. As much as it is a nice idea, chickens don’t actually feel that kind of love for each other.

 

[JedJackson]

Nothing shocks me anymore. But I wasn't thrilled when I read chickens engage in cannibalism.

 

[Callender Girl]

I was most shocked when I saw one of my hens eating a baby bird that fell out of a tree. Seeing its little feet sticking out of her beak kinda made me sick.

 

[AntiqueB]

I never thought they would love to eat styrofoam so very much.

How quickly they grew also shocked me. Chicks one day, flying out of the brooder a couple weeks later.

 

[WandaMates]

I never thought they would love to eat styrofoam so very much.

How quickly they grew also shocked me. Chicks one day, flying out of the brooder a couple weeks later.

Mine does that too!

 

[Aapomp831]

I was on google and I found out that chickens don't always try to reproduce with the opposite gender.... this may explain...View attachment 2622856its quite sweet actually... not sure if 100% true!

Love that!