Secrets Unveiled: Are We Really Growing Baby Chicks, or Is It Something Else?
Who knew that losing a rooster could turn a quiet little homestead into a full-blown science experiment? After the untimely (and suspicious) end of Randy the Rooster—yes, murder!—and the loss of another hen, we dusted off the incubator Brian got for Christmas and decided to play chicken whisperers ourselves. Can you really turn a dozen eggs into fluffy chicks with just a candler flashlight and some neighborly egg donations? Rooster sperm allegedly sticks around inside hens for up to 15 weeks (crazy, right?), so we figured, why not give it a shot? Now, with shadows dancing inside those eggs and grandbabies ready to erupt in cheers at the first peep, it’s a nail-biting wait. Will these eggs hatch or flop? Stay tuned: parenting chickens might just be the new writing hustle. LEARN MORE
After the unexpected demise (murder!) of Randy the Rooster and another one of our hens, we decided to use the incubator that I bought for Brian last Christmas. It holds a dozen eggs. Since rooster sperm can survive in a hen for 2 to 15 weeks (no kidding!), we collected ours for 2 days (6 eggs total), and got another 6 from our neighbors.
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