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

[elmo]

It's really amazing how many people think you need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs. I guess it has to do with the fact that they think what's inside the egg is an embryo, not food for an embryo.

 

[zade11]

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my mum know's that's not the case it's probably just what she was always told

 

[hcountrygirl420]

When I was talking about getting chickens and not planning on having a roo I had many people tell me that they "knew" that I wouldn't get any eggs without a roo. These were people who grew up on farms and in the country. I now have the satisfaction of proving them wrong. I just received my first egg on Friday from my 17 week old RIR and have been getting an egg a day from her. I still do not have a roo in the bunch.

 

[zade11]

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thank ya very much. i love proving my mum wrong....lol, it's a sick pleasure i get i knowing that for all the times she's been right i get one every now and then....i just don't tell her HAHA

 

[hcountrygirl420]

zade11.[/quote :


thank ya very much. i love proving my mum wrong....lol, it's a sick pleasure i get i knowing that for all the times she's been right i get one every now and then....i just don't tell her HAHA

I know the feeling​

 

[MomMommyMamma]

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Haven't read the entire thread, that line just made me laugh though. Thanks ~ I needed it today!

 

[zade11]

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Haven't read the entire thread, that line just made me laugh though. Thanks ~ I needed it today!

no problem

 

[jossanne]

Do you have pictures of your chicks? We'd love to look at them and guess genders with you...

 

[mom2jedi]

You'd be surprised to know how many people think you need a rooster. Even someone raised on a farm can have that impression! My grandfather (86yo) was surprised to find I wasn't going to have a rooster with my hens when I first got my chicks. He said, "Don't you need a rooster to get eggs?" I very kindly told him no which he seemed surprised by. I figured out that back then everyone had roosters with their hens because they ate their chickens frequently so always needed a roo to make more. It probably never occurred to them that the hens would still lay eggs without one.

 

[zade11]

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naw, i ain't got a camera