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What are brood hens?
Brood hens hatch chicks. A brood is a collection of baby chicks hatched by one hen.
Do hens care for the chicks after they are hatched?
yes they do the chicks follow the mother round until they can look after themself
What is the physical appearance of the chick soon after the egg hatches?
Chick of some birds are hatched blind and naked. The chicks of ducks and hens (amongst others) are hatched with downy feathers, and are able to feed themselves as soon as their plumage has dried.
Will eggs hatch if there is no rooster?
If a rooster has not been in contact with the hen, there will be no chicks. The birds and the bees with chickens are much like humans, at least for fertilization. There has to be mating for there to be babies.
Are chicks roosters before they hatch?
Definitely NO because hens egg is chicks before hatching and when hatched when it grow up it is already rooster if the chick is a boy but if it is a girl it is a hen..
Can you pick up your chick and hold it?
Yes, it is perfectly OK to pick up a newly hatched chick and hold it. They are delicate and cannot be played with much but cuddling it in your hands and allowing it to walk on your lap will not harm it at all. Mother hens do not reject a chick because it may "smell" like a human from your touching it.
Do thunderstorms kill chicken eggs?
It can do i had two hens sitting with six eggs each they both hatched three chicks all eggs had chicks in them but three from each had died in the eggs
Why are your broody hens eyes foaming?
They either have a parasite or they have been fighting.
What is the adverb clause in The red roosters squawked because all of the hens had been painted blue?
The clause is everything after "squawked" -- "because all of the hens had been painted blue" -- and modifies "squawked" to explain why they squawked.
Why do hens squat in front of you?
This is mating submission behavior. The see you as "the rooster". Most often this happens to the person who feeds and takes care of the hens, especially when no rooster is present within the flock.
If a leghorn was born on Valentine's Day of this yr. about what time of this yr would they start laying their eggs?
hens start laying around 6 months after they are hatched so roughy they would start laying around late July into august.
You've been jawin' like a lot 'a old hens.?
The phrase "You've been jawin' like a lot 'a old hens" suggests that someone has been talking excessively or gossiping, much like hens do when they cluck and chatter. It implies that the speaker finds the conversation to be trivial or perhaps even annoying. This expression often carries a humorous or light-hearted tone, emphasizing the speaker's frustration with the chatter.
