All tagged The Easter Eggers
An eggshell defines an egg - if there was no shell an egg would be…well, disgusting and useless. Add the shell and an egg becomes both beautiful and functional. What are eggshells made of? And what makes blue eggs blue and green eggs green?
When you adopt baby chicks, you’re taking small, helpless, peeping balls of fluff under your wing. It’s a big responsibility, and if you’ve never done it before, you should make sure you understand the list of basics before you undertake this big venture. If you have done it before, it’s good to pull out that list and review it just to make sure you have all your ducks in a row . Raising baby chicks is not hard, after all, but there are a few things you have to consider and a few things you need to do right.
You may know the story of Betty the transgender chicken - the hen that underwent spontaneous sex reversal and became a rooster - and you may be wondering what happened to Betty after that story ended. This is the next story.
What makes a hen a hen and a rooster a rooster? And what makes a hen a rooster?