Chickens

Daveyboy · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:43

[OZ] said:
Chickens don't lay eggs so that would be hard.

Ok, so i'm not a farmer, Mr Pedant, so I meant hens

edit: which one's a **** then?

paradigm · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:55

Daveyboy said:
edit: which one's a **** then?

That would be [OZ] for starting this stupid debate

_dogma_ · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:00

Azagoth said:
The species is actually Gallus Gallus, the chicken itself is the sub-species Gallus Gallus Domesticus.

The name itself suggests that there are wild ones since there is a sub species that has been domesticated. Though, I've never seen one.
I know you get wild turkeys though.

Audiofreq · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:05

Phnom_Penh said:
You're an idiot

Haha i know...

Irish_Tom · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:25

paradigm said:
That would be [OZ] for starting this stupid debate

winner!

Panzer

Daveyboy · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:32

So how much does a hen cost to buy?

Werewolf · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:44

Daveyboy said:
So how much does a hen cost to buy?

How old do you want it?
IIRC they start at under a couple of pounds for a young hen, and pennies for a fertilised egg.
That is assuming you want a standard hen, and not some rare/fancy pure bred one.

We used to pay anything from about £3-10 for ours when we kept some years ago (I think the speckled bantums were about £6 each, the rhode island reds about a fiver and the plain white ones about £3).

They are great for keeping the pest under control in a garden, you don't see many slugs when you've got a few hens around.

benjo plz. · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:48

Werewolf said:
you don't see many slugs when you've got a few hens around.

Or flowers

. Marans > * tbh.

Usher · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:51

Pullets are nice as well, running around trying to catch a **** & pullet
brings back fond memories

~>Dg<~ · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:32

head to chicken island somewhere in britain peeps just plonk down there unwanted chickens and let them roam free quite funny as its on a ring road next to a busy junction.

Rebelius · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:33

Usher said:
Pullets are nice as well, running around trying to catch a **** & pullet
brings back fond memories

that's almost as bad as the stories about the matadeer

Daveyboy · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:52

Werewolf said:
and pennies for a fertilised egg.

Well, I didn't fancy sitting around on it all day with it up my crack waiting for it to hatch!

Pretty cheap then... do you have to do anything special to make them nice and juicy and lean when you eat them (after you've named them of course, and given them a cushty life it'd only be fair to eat them)

benjo plz. · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:56

Incubator tbh, or just get chicks.

If you want to eat them, get table birds. If you want eggs, get normal hens (you'll get the odd rooster, but you can eat it or live with it making horrible noises

).

ElvisFan · 22 Mar 2007 at 23:58

Do the chickens have large talons?

Daveyboy · 23 Mar 2007 at 00:53

ElvisFan said:
Do the chickens have large talons?

??

benjo plz. · 23 Mar 2007 at 02:49

ElvisFan said:
Do the chickens have large talons?

Cockerals can have nasty spurs - there's a rooster in the guinness book of records that's killed two cats and maimed a dog :eek:

. Hens don't, althouhg they can still hurt each other with their beaks.

jellybeard999 · 23 Mar 2007 at 02:53

ElvisFan said:
Do the chickens have large talons?

Daveyboy said:
??

^ *Aeroplane passes overhead*

Six dollars. That's, like, a dollar an hour.

dbmzk1 · 23 Mar 2007 at 03:32

A Chicken is a domesticated bird. So no, you won't find them in the wild

The birds they come from, however, live in east Asia.

VIRII · 23 Mar 2007 at 08:32

Audiofreq said:
What a cool name...Gallus Domesticus.

I can see it now, standing in the circus maximus....

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED !!!

~>Dg<~ · 23 Mar 2007 at 09:53

suprised noones clucked the old chicken puns out a plenty yet .