will my chicks when older if there's no rooster?

[zade11]

I picked up my 10 chicks from straight run buckets at rural king 3 months later it looks as though they're all gonna be girls...if i don't have a rooster will they still lay eggs?

 

[LarryPQ]

Yes.

Just like lady-people, chickens will still have their "cycle" whether or not a man/rooster is around.

 

[zade11]

that's good to know. i had lots of people tell me that they wouldn't lay eggs if they didn't at least see a rooster

 

[LarryPQ]

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Just make sure you laugh on the inside. Most people don't appreciate the biology lesson on the fly.

 

[chick4chicks]

You only need a rooster if you want fertile eggs, as ones you want to hatch out. Good luck with your chicks, hope for you they are all pullets.

 

[zade11]

best as I can tell they all are which means they may not appreciate they're names as much...mostly slim shady and nixon

 

[schellie69]

Hens lay with or without a rooster. Only need a rooster if you want to hatch chickens. People without chickens do not understand just laugh on the inside and shake your head.

 

[zade11]

i'll just go along with what my mom thinks on the outside and act suprised when i go retrieve breakfast in a few months

 

[LarryPQ]

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Oh no!

Don't tease too hard. She did give you life and all

 

[zade11]

for some reason i almost said "don't worry I'm adopted" like the old joke "don't worry, I'm a doctor" when really I'm neither. the comedian inside me likes to make up things to make jokes funnier