2006-11-03 23:03:34 · 8 answers · asked by brett b 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
a hen is broody when she remains sitting tight, on her eggs in the nest box
she just goes all fluffy and wont get off her nest
she wont budge ,
She gets grouchy, if you try to move her or collect the eggs she is sitting on .
Even a normally placid hen, may peck you when she is broody
As to cockerels , yes you can eat them and very good they are to eat too.
Cockerels used to be traditionally ,used as meat
and hens for laying eggs and rearing chicks .
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2006-11-03 23:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually I lay an egg every day but after a short while I forget about it and go and eat or do some small archaeology. Sometimes I remember why I laid the egg and sit on it all day. I try to make a more comfortable nest and I don't like being picked up very much. I don't like other chickens around me and prefer to be moved into my own house. Sometimes the farmer tricks me and puts a pretend egg in my house. If I am broody I sit on it for ages but nothing happens. If I'm not very broody I just leave it alone.
Please don't eat the cockerel. He looks after me and makes sure I can have babies. He wouldn't be very tasty either. If he's too noisy maybe he would prefer to live in the country.
2006-11-04 00:03:25 · answer #2 · answered by Ask the chicken 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you know when a hen is broody because she will not come off the nest. Of course you can eat cockerels. If you intend to hatch some eggs, the responsible thing is to rear the cockerels then kill and eat them when they are big enough.
I think you really need to get yourself a basic book on poultry keeping and read up about them a little.
2006-11-04 02:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by fenlandfowl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can eat cockerels - the are useful for little else.
A hen is broody when it refuses to leave the nest, has stopped laying and has no eggs.
2006-11-03 23:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Sue 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can eat cockerels. When a hen is broody she will make a great deal of noise clucking around and running the cockerel. to entice him to mate (not that he really needs much enticement) after which when she lays her eggs she will remain on the nest indefinitely to hatch them.
2006-11-03 23:15:35 · answer #5 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
when a hen is broody she will sit on eggs she has laid..you can eat cockerels...bit tough though.
2006-11-04 03:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when u see roughled feathers and u can eat cockerals
2006-11-04 19:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by karash 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the **** are you on about?!
2006-11-03 23:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by Shinny 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋