Did You Know?

 Did you know that "DID YOU KNOW" questions have an avalanche of queries the last time we checked Google?

Whatever we do ... we always have that unquenchable thirst for trivia and some random neat fun facts are hallucinatory and mind-blowing... it makes us more curious than ever.

Did You Know Questions and Answers come in handy? These nuggets of factoid are just fun to share with friends and on social media?

This question was brought up only today. Michael in his poultry farm takes care of chicks intended to be layer chickens. He wants to sell it to me, so I asked whether roosters lay eggs? Dahil may nakita ako sa mga manok niya na kung umasta ay parang mga "tibo". Would it be fair na bibilhin ko ang mga manok na pangsabong pala ... at hindi ang original plan na para mangitlog?

The answer is NO to his surprise. Roosters can not lay eggs. They are males and are not physically capable of laying eggs. So it would be dumb foolish ... kung bibilhin ko ito.

Female chickens are raised to produce eggs. Hens ovulate a new yolk every 24-26 hours. Isang itlog kada araw.

Sagot ni Michael: "Ayaw mo noon ... may kasama na silang ka-DATE at may ka-MATE pa. At any RATE ,,, kahit LATE na ... FATE has brought them together."

""Huwag mo akong i-sales talk ... halatadong gusto mo lang sila i-dispose." Ibinalik ko sa kanya ang tanong sa kanya: "Do female chickens need a rooster to lay eggs? At nalulungkot ba sila kung wala man lang "tandang" sa kanilang pupuntahan?"

I googled the answer and the answer was NO. Female chickens don't need a rooster to make their life complete? At lalong hindi nila sila kailangan para sila ay mangitlog.

A happy, healthy hen will begin laying eggs at about six months old (kahit hindi nadiligan) and continue laying until all of the eggs that they are born with ... have been laid. 

Surprisingly, hens may actually prefer not to be constantly “bothered” by a rooster.

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Did You Know

Question: There is a mistaken notion that chicken feed like Integra "makes" the egg. Is that true?

Answer: No.  Chicken feeds do not necessarily MAKE the egg. There is a big difference between MAKE and STIMULATE.

Chicken feeds do not make the egg ... but they stimulate and provide the necessary nutrients for a hen to produce eggs through natural biological processes; essentially, the hen's body uses the nutrients from the feed to "nourish the egg, not the feed itself forming the egg."

Yes, the type of chicken feed you provide significantly impacts whether a chicken will lay eggs, as a proper "layer feed" contains the necessary nutrients like calcium, vitamins, and protein that are crucial for egg production; essentially, while feed alone doesn't "make" a chicken lay eggs, a good quality layer feed provides the essential building blocks for healthy egg development. 

As explained before ... female chickens are born with thousands of immature yolk (ova) in their ovaries.

These yolks develop into eggs over time. Poultry owners used chicken feeds to provide the necessary building blocks for egg creation in the chicken's body.