Busted Chicken Myths

BUSTED CHICKEMYTH Hens need roosters to make eggs. FALSE. You need roosters to get fertilized chickens). Hens lay their eggs regularly, eggs (to make baby fertilized or not. FALSE. Roosters Hens are noisy. are noisy!!! Hens are generally quiet, but will cluck now and again, especially when boasting about having just laid an egg in the nesting box. You get an egg a day from a hen. FALSE. The truth is that a good egg-layer will produce two eggs every three days. However, egg yield varies by chicken, by season, and sometimes even by weather events. Chickens lay either white or brown eggs. FALSE. The color of the eggs is strictly a function of their breed. But there is a great diversity in egg colors. We have pale blue eggs, pale green eggs (delicious with ham), and even dark dark brown mottled eggs. Chicken poop is great to use as fertilizer. Chicken poop is very rich in nitrogen and would burn your garden. It is suggested that you compost the chicken poop and use it on your garden later. GOURMANDIA BUSTED CHICKEMYTH Hens need roosters to make eggs. FALSE. You need roosters to get fertilized chickens). Hens lay their eggs regularly, eggs (to make baby fertilized or not. FALSE. Roosters Hens are noisy. are noisy!!! Hens are generally quiet, but will cluck now and again, especially when boasting about having just laid an egg in the nesting box. You get an egg a day from a hen. FALSE. The truth is that a good egg-layer will produce two eggs every three days. However, egg yield varies by chicken, by season, and sometimes even by weather events. Chickens lay either white or brown eggs. FALSE. The color of the eggs is strictly a function of their breed. But there is a great diversity in egg colors. We have pale blue eggs, pale green eggs (delicious with ham), and even dark dark brown mottled eggs. Chicken poop is great to use as fertilizer. Chicken poop is very rich in nitrogen and would burn your garden. It is suggested that you compost the chicken poop and use it on your garden later. GOURMANDIA