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AI0099it's keeping the egg warm so it won't freeze to death or it could be guarding it which l doubt You have yourself a broody...
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Eggs get fertilized by the cockerel. Sorry, you don't get to choose what gender comes from the fertile egg, neither does the...
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Believe it or not you can use a product they make for cows. Bag Balm/udder cream is a vaseline based medicated salve that sooths...
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The design of the egg shell makes it very strong from tip to tip. You will notice a small end and a large end on a chickens egg....
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Chickens need calcium,egg shells are a good source of calcium and other minerals. Chickens are also omnivores and enjoy any bits...
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Yes this is an easily digested food for dogs. Many commercial dog food companies sell dry dog foos with chicken and rice as a...
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yes....as long as they dont wander away
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Measure space for chickens in feet not acres. Comfortable living for a chicken is 8 square feet per bird and outside access...
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Yes, it might take a few minutes as they will need to rest after fighting to get free of the egg shell but they will move about...
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Yes Certain breeds can fly better than others and Bantams of almost any breed fly well unless they have had the flight feathers...
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A broody hen with stay on the nest 23 hours ore more per day, they only get off the nest to drink and eat and eliminate waste....
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the things on the ack of the leg of a chicken like a toenail.
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No Hens will do this to establish the pecking order. Sort of like sumo wrestlers pushing each other around. Not to say roosters...
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it turns into a chick
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Yeah! I feed peanut butter to my chickens all the time and nothing has ever happened to them!! ^_^
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In the barnyard,in the chicken coop, on the fence across the road and in the haystack looking for spiders.
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Yes, it is safe but the chicken has almost no nutritional value and flows right through their system. It is mainly administered...
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Chicks are given something called chick starter or fine crumble. Crumble is ground chicken feed, mixed with liquid vitamins and...
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Gallus Gallus originated in the jungles of southern Asia, particularly the jungles of India. The domesticated version G. Gallus...
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So they can have eggs; also, when the chickens are fat, they can have roast chicken for tea!
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The chickens are raised in a hatchery in large crowded groups and are injected with horemones to make them grow faster. If the...
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No this will not deter them from eating anything. Beak trimming is done with many chickens and unless specified not to, it is...
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Do you want the chicken to eat or keep? If you want it to eat go to: Williams Sonoma. Here is the link....
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Laying boxes do not need to be elaborate. Any box 18" by 18" can be used. see the link below for some ideas.
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Vent sexing or identifying the sex of young chicks by looking at its sexual organs is done accurately, only by very well trained...
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For a chicken to be considered kosher, it must be slaughtered by a shochet, a ritual slaughterer. The point of a kosher slaughter...
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Don't know, But livestock laws do not apply to chickens, MOST! of the time. geterdone
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Chicken die for many reasons. Old age, chickens get old just like every creature on earth. Parts give up and fail. Disease,...
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They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
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The hen will not produce testosterone. Cases of spontaneous sex reversal are the result of a disease condition which has resulted...
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Unless they are fertilized they are not alive and even when fertilized they are not alive unless incubated either naturally or...
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Chicks grow rapidly from the time they leave the egg shell. They are relatively small for the first two months and then start to...
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Female chickens lay eggs. A male chicken is a rooster?
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No, chickens are sociable animals and they like living in groups.
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Depends if the egg has been fertilized by the cock, and the temperature of the enviroment.
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There will be a fight for dominance. Injuries can cause the rest of the flock to continue the damage the alpha rooster inflicts,...
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Boiled eggs float when fully immersed in water where as fresh eggs do not. So I you do not mind getting your eggs wet (funny as...
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No, that would be cruel and Tyson or any other major processor would be shut down by inspectors should they see this. They do...
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I am sure they can, where did you hear they were still doing this? If enough people really believe Tyson would let this happen...
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Here is a site to show you a picture of a Cochin.
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Eggs. Animals were laying eggs for millions or years before there were any birds.
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Normally we start using the eggs after 72 hours. This gives the antibiotics time to clear the birds system. However this depends...
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No. it is very rare for a human to get bird flu and only in extream cases will this result in death.
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A Ac Ancona Andalusian Appenzell Bearded Hen Appenzell Pointed Hood...
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Chicks, if isolated at birth, will instinctively peck at grains or seeds, or, if on the ground, at the soil in search of seeds of...
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the easiest place to order your chickens from are any local feed supply store.
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There are only general indicators. Most breeds get their long tail feathers in at about 15 months old (this is variable) Spurs...
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A broody hen usually does not leave the nest for more than 20 minutes. The eggs cannot cool more than a few degrees before...
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I was just doing an internet search for the same answer...but just realized my original recipe says to use 4 6-oz chicken...
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Not necessarily. In many breeds of chickens both roosters and hens have combs although the roosters combs are usually more...
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an egg is usually 25 grams so that mean there are 40 in a kg
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Could be one of several breeds or a crossbreed. Rather than give you a guess that would probably be wrong I will give you a good...
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Depends on the size of the hen. I have a standard Cochin hen sitting on 19 eggs right now and she is big enough to cover them...
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a cockrel is a male chicken at the age of 4months up until they reach 12months and then become a rooster. the opposite to a...
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Yes, they usually run away from me.
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When there is no rooster among the hens one hen will usually try to take over the job of a rooster in so much as being a...
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If you know of a fifty pound chicken please give Guinness World Records a phone call and take pictures. Chickens do not grow to...
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No Chickens are omnivores All chickens eat meat when available. Bugs, Worms, mice and each other sometimes. Every farmer has...
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I am no expert at all, but it seems to me that the much more useful and urgent question has to do with the chemical properties of...
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Most roosters can handle about 10 to 15 hens daily. Stretching his limits possibly 20. A flock of 40 should have at least two...
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Yes, there are very few foods chickens do not eat and enjoy. Raw potato peels are not good for them but fine if cooked. All...
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Chickens eat grians,some wheats and corn.
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Taking your neighbors to court over damage by chickens should be a last resort. Poultry fencing is cheaper and much more...
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When they are large enough to withstand the "pecking-order" abuse. The worst thing you can do is throw a young bird in with an...
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you pick up a coop of the egg and point it to your mouth and open your mouth then enter the scoop of egg in your mouth chew it...
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Yes, worms and bugs and any crawly creature they care to consume. Chickens are omnivores and love to chase down insects. It is...
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Usually a very small hole appears in the egg shell about a quarter inch below the small pointed end of the egg. You also may...
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It takes 21 days in an incubator. Under the mother hen it can take longer as she will not sit consistently until she has enough...
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You don't need to protect chickens the so so themselves by flying away!
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Chicken bones are light, thin and filled with sponge like material and hollow spaces. Human/adult bones are heavy,thicker and...
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Incubator should be steady at 99.5 to 100.5 and 50% humidity.
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An Easter chicken is a chick hatched in the early spring. An Easter Egger chicken is a cross breed that lays colored eggs...
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There is really no single species of "chicken snake" There are however several snakes that will eat eggs and chickens when...
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Under ideal circumstances you should allow per bird. Inside coop Outside runs Bantams 1 sq.ft 4.5 sq.ft. Laying hens 1.5 sq....
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Eggs collected for incubators can be collected daily and left unwashed at 50 to 60 F for up to 10 days After that the...
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it is the tendon tissue it moves the chicken wing
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When a baby bird becomes too large to absorb oxygen through the pores of its eggshell, it uses its egg tooth to peck a hole in...
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Approx. 4000 eggs in diameter
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Rudimentary nervous action. The chicken is dead, the brain has sent a "fight or flight" message to the muscles prior to the...
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it takes 400000 steps to hatch an egg. if you are lucky it takes 100000steps
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