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Originally posted by MDDoxs
Do you neighbours ever complain? I dont know what they would complain about, but you never know..
Originally posted by MDDoxs
Do you neighbours ever complain? I dont know what they would complain about, but you never know..
Originally posted by bacci0909
I'm sure you've stumbled upon it, but just in case, check out
www.backyardchickens.com
It's a great site with plenty of information and pages and pages of pictures of people's coops, which is my favorite. I've spent hours looking at those coops.
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
Now this is a really really dumb question but its coming from a city girl so I hope you will forgive me.
How can a flock of hens be laying eggs without a rooster?
Tired of Control Freaks
Originally posted by filosophia
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
Now this is a really really dumb question but its coming from a city girl so I hope you will forgive me.
How can a flock of hens be laying eggs without a rooster?
Tired of Control Freaks
It's okay, plenty of people have the same question. In fact my know-it-all family assured me it was impossible without a rooster, this was before they started laying, so I had no argument, but now I proved them wrong.
The answer: hens produce eggs, just as all females produce eggs, roosters/males inseminate/fertlize the eggs to produce baby chicks. No roosters, no babies, so the eggs are edible.
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
reply to post by filosophia
Thanks for the answer (and for not laughing)
But if the hens are laying non-fertilized eggs, isn't the yolk part of the egg actually a chick fetus? Does this mean that non-fertilized eggs have no yolks?
Tired of Control Freaks
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
reply to post by filosophia
Thanks for the answer (and for not laughing)
But if the hens are laying non-fertilized eggs, isn't the yolk part of the egg actually a chick fetus? Does this mean that non-fertilized eggs have no yolks?
Tired of Control Freaks
Originally posted by fiftyfifty
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
reply to post by filosophia
Thanks for the answer (and for not laughing)
But if the hens are laying non-fertilized eggs, isn't the yolk part of the egg actually a chick fetus? Does this mean that non-fertilized eggs have no yolks?
Tired of Control Freaks
The yolk of an egg is what feeds the embryo. If it is not fertilised then all an egg is, is a shell, albumen (the white) and the yolk with no baby chicken. If the egg was fertilised, there would be a small embryo in there which would eventually develop into a chick and consuming the yolk.
Originally posted by jamesthegreat
Originally posted by fiftyfifty
Originally posted by TiredofControlFreaks
reply to post by filosophia
Thanks for the answer (and for not laughing)
But if the hens are laying non-fertilized eggs, isn't the yolk part of the egg actually a chick fetus? Does this mean that non-fertilized eggs have no yolks?
Tired of Control Freaks
The yolk of an egg is what feeds the embryo. If it is not fertilised then all an egg is, is a shell, albumen (the white) and the yolk with no baby chicken. If the egg was fertilised, there would be a small embryo in there which would eventually develop into a chick and consuming the yolk.
Hate to correct you here, but the yolk is the chicken and the white albumen is the embryo food.
An egg yolk is the central part of a bird egg, which is designed to provide nutrients to a developing chick before it hatches. Yolks are commonly very high in a number of vitamins and minerals, making them an enviable food source for humans as well as many other animals. The vast majority of the eggs that make it to human markets are unfertilized, which means that they are free of any embryos. In most cases, yolks are yellow or orange in color.