How many chicks does a mother hen usually have at once?

[notfred]

I was getting lunch, and I walked past a mother hen with 11 chicks with her :Q. Isn't that a lot? Don't they usually have like 3 or 4?

She had 8 black ones and 3 yellowish ones... Lots of little birds to look after.

 

[pyonir]

did you just pass the hen on the street or something?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: pyonir
did you just pass the hen on the street or something?

it's like a sidewalk between buildings.... not really a street... but, yeah.

 

[Rastus]

Lots of little birds to look after

Do chickens even have nipples?

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: Rastus

Lots of little birds to look after

Do chickens even have nipples?

:Q

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: pyonir
did you just pass the hen on the street or something?

it's like a sidewalk between buildings.... not really a street... but, yeah.

did it say AFLACK! or anything like that? that would be weird. did you throw bread at it?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Rastus

Lots of little birds to look after

Do chickens even have nipples?

No, the chicks eat just like the adults do.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Rastus

Lots of little birds to look after

Do chickens even have nipples?

No. Chickens learn to eat off the ground right away.

Most other birds are fed by the mom/dad seeking out food and then regurgitating it into the babies mouths when they get back to the nest.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: pyonir
did you just pass the hen on the street or something?

it's like a sidewalk between buildings.... not really a street... but, yeah.

did it say AFLACK! or anything like that? that would be weird. did you throw bread at it?

No, there are just chickens living around this campus. I don't know why. I guess someone left some chickens here a long time ago and now they live here or something...

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Rastus

Lots of little birds to look after

Do chickens even have nipples?

This one time, when I was little, I took my nipple, and I.... oh.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: notfred


No, there are just chickens living around this campus. I don't know why. I guess someone left some chickens here a long time ago and now they live here or something...

Do you go to Alabama or Mississippi St. or something? Chickens on campus? wait..you don't go to Appalachian State do you?!

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Zakath15


This one time, when I was little, I took my nipple, and I.... oh.

tried to feed it to a chicken?

 

[Rastus]

This one time, when I was little, I took my nipple, and I.... oh.

That was in band camp, wasn't it?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: notfred


No, there are just chickens living around this campus. I don't know why. I guess someone left some chickens here a long time ago and now they live here or something...

Do you go to Alabama or Mississippi St. or something? Chickens on campus? wait..you don't go to Appalachian State do you?!

No. Actually this campus is in the middle of a city with half a million people (Sacramento). Yeah, I know, it's wierd.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Rastus

This one time, when I was little, I took my nipple, and I.... oh.

That was in band camp, wasn't it?

No, that wasn't my nipple, it's just that you weren't looking and I'd just gotten out of the water.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: notfred


No. Actually this campus is in the middle of a city with half a million people (Sacramento). Yeah, I know, it's wierd.

i know you live in Sacramento.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: notfred


No. Actually this campus is in the middle of a city with half a million people (Sacramento). Yeah, I know, it's wierd.

i know you live in Sacramento.

Maybe you thought I was commuting to Alabama or something, I dunno

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: notfred


Maybe you thought I was commuting to Alabama or something, I dunno

hahaha...actually i was hoping to piss you off by asking stupid questions.

or offend someone that goes to one of the schools i listed.

 

[notfred]

I take it that no one here has actually owned chickens and can say how big a normal (litter, flock, batch? ) of chicks is?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: notfred
I take it that no one here has actually owned chickens and can say how big a normal (litter, flock, batch? :confused of chicks is?

If my mom weren't teaching at the moment, I'd call her and ask (she grew up on a farm).

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: notfred
I take it that no one here has actually owned chickens and can say how big a normal (litter, flock, batch? ) of chicks is?

It kinda depends on the kind of chickens. Was the mother smallish with lots of brownish colors?

The smaller chickens will have 10-12 babies, so yeah.. it's pretty normal. Sounds like she had a good clutch.

Apparently, even the big chickens can have 8-10.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: notfred
I take it that no one here has actually owned chickens and can say how big a normal (litter, flock, batch? ) of chicks is?

It kinda depends on the kind of chickens. Was the mother smallish with lots of brownish colors?

The smaller chickens will have 10-12 babies, so yeah.. it's pretty normal. Sounds like she had a good clutch.

I guess she wasn't really big for a chicken, but I didn't notice her being exceptionally small. She was kinda grayish... I dont really remember. Maybe I'll see them around again, I'll pay closer attention to the mother.

 

[BillGates]

How many chicks does a mother hen usually have at once?

The answer is zero. Hens lay eggs, which later hatch into chicks.

This was a test, and you all failed.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: BillGates

How many chicks does a mother hen usually have at once?

The answer is zero. Hens lay eggs, which later hatch into chicks.

This was a test, and you all failed.