Raising chickens

dlgoff

I thought I'd start this thread to keep Evo posted on her chickens progress.

Baby chicks first picture


Chickens as of today (>½ grown)

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rhody

Rhody's perhaps ?

Rhody...

Evo

Aww, thanks Don!! Roger is soooo adorable!

rootX

I came here looking for why the chickens cross the road .

Borek

I hoped for a chick pictures - can't say there were none.

jtbell

How about some chick flicks?

pergradus

What are you going to do with these? Cause I'm kinda hungry...

dlgoff

Yea. And she's got that Evo look.

dlgoff

Need I say more?

FtlIsAwesome

lol.

HeLiXe

They look so cute and healthy!

nucleargirl

Chickens are so funny! I want chickens too! big ones!

though, one thing I dont get is, why do they still lay eggs if the eggs are not fertilised? it doesnt make biological sense!

Borek

In their normal environment they are being constantly sexually harassed by cocks, in effect there is no such thing as not fertilized egg. In other words - mechanism that would stop lying eggs would not give them any evolutionary benefits.

dlgoff

Not only that, they know what could happen if they don't lay eggs.

lisab

I love chicken and dumplings

Evo

Bisquick fluffy cloud dumplings. Not the noodles.

Funny how there are two camps for dumplings. On the TV show, Top Chef, one contestant was to make one of Jimmy Fallon's favorite foods, and one chef got "chicken & dumplings". She made the flat noodle type and he hated it. Jimmy liked the fluffy round dumplings, so the judge told her real dumplings are soft fluffy round puffs, not flat noodle type things, and she almost had to leave the show.

AlephZero

A "townie" work colleague of mine moved to a house with a big garden, and decided to keep some chickens. Everything went fine, till the egg production started to dwindle and they decided to eat one of them when some friends were visiting.

This was a complete disaster - effectively, raw chicken foir dinner. The guy didn't realize that a chicken that has spent its life running around outside has a lot more muscle and a lot less fat than one bought from a supermarket!