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tblue37

(66,542 posts) Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:37 PM Apr 6

Hen disappears for a month, comes home with 13 chicks

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Hen disappears for a month, comes home with 13 chicks (Original Post) tblue37 Apr 6 OP

Well..Farmer..told you I was going to get some of that Take-Out-Chicken.. chouchou Apr 6 #1

Lots of eggs coming your way,... magicarpet Apr 6 #2

Why are the chicks all the same age? Did she lay 13 eggs in one day? applegrove Apr 6 #3

My hens lay one egg a day. NH Ethylene Apr 7 #4

I spent a week on a farm vacation twice as a kid. applegrove Apr 7 #5

Hens RobinA Apr 8 #6

Ahhhh! The mystery is solved. NH Ethylene Apr 9 #7

The change in the tone of voice of the woman is hysterical - a 180 from... 3catwoman3 Apr 9 #8

chouchou

(1,908 posts)

1. Well..Farmer..told you I was going to get some of that Take-Out-Chicken..

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:41 PM

Apr 6

magicarpet

(18,333 posts)

2. Lots of eggs coming your way,...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:42 PM

Apr 6

.... not too far down the road.

applegrove

(126,172 posts)

3. Why are the chicks all the same age? Did she lay 13 eggs in one day?

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:48 PM

Apr 6

I don't think that is a thing that happens.

NH Ethylene

(31,129 posts)

4. My hens lay one egg a day.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 7, 2025, 12:52 AM

Apr 7

If she laid one a day for 13 days, she could come home with this many chicks, but there is a big difference in size between a day-old chick and a 13-day-old chick. And 2-week old chicks have quite a few feathers already.

So yeah, this doesn't make sense.

applegrove

(126,172 posts)

5. I spent a week on a farm vacation twice as a kid.

Reply to NH Ethylene (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 7, 2025, 01:04 AM

Apr 7

I think it was twice. I learnt a whole lot. Including that hens lay an egg a day.

RobinA

(10,365 posts)

6. Hens

Reply to NH Ethylene (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 8, 2025, 12:33 PM

Apr 8

lay oneish egg a day. They don't start sitting on them until they are all laid. THEN she broods them and each egg develops at the same time.

NH Ethylene

(31,129 posts)

7. Ahhhh! The mystery is solved.

Reply to RobinA (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 12:49 AM

Apr 9

That never occurred to me. Just now I Googled it and see this: "In nature, hens lay eggs in a nest until they have a "clutch" of eggs, usually around 8-12, before settling down to incubate them."

3catwoman3

(26,740 posts)

8. The change in the tone of voice of the woman is hysterical - a 180 from...

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:01 PM

Apr 9

…sweet, gentle and solicitous to WTF!

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