How many didn't lay an egg for you today?
Two have laid so far, and a third is in there having a think about it.
How many didn't lay an egg for you today?
@oldwheels - that's no different to other popular tourist sites.
As a young child I used to be able to sit in the Major Oak at Sherwood Forest whenever we visited. Now it's fenced off and a visitor centre.
And the fourth one is in hiding.Two have laid so far, and a third is in there having a think about it.
All in it together, eh.The problem is I'm never sure which one the fourth one is. They play games, by swapping the role daily. They're conniving little buggers..... Today, I think it might be the red one.
We've already discussed this at length. Chicken is the name of the species. Hen is the name of the sex. Hen chickens lay eggs. So, some chickens (the female ones called hens) lay eggs. I don't have any males (cocks, or cockerals), so I don't need to distinguish which sex of chicken I am talking about.......so I am completely correct to say "my chickens should be laying more eggs".
Of, and if we are to be pedantic, a hen could be a goose, or a pheasant, or an ostrich. If I were to say "my hens only laid one egg today" you might think I was talking about an emu.....so I use chicken to avoid that confusion.
OK?
My grandparents, parents and all the farms I worked on as well as later at university all referred to hens as the ones laying eggs which if not eaten turned eventually into chickens.
I agree that other birds can be named for sex but it does not alter the point that referring to domestic poultry people understand what is meant by hen and chicken.
@oldwheels - that's no different to other popular tourist sites.
As a young child I used to be able to sit in the Major Oak at Sherwood Forest whenever we visited. Now it's fenced off and a visitor centre.
Right, so you understood what I was saying, and you knew that I was correct in what I was saying. I'm not sure why you tried to correct me, then.
Which of these statements is wrong:Still disagree and nothing will change.
My grandparents, parents and all the farms I worked on as well as later at university all referred to hens as the ones laying eggs which if not eaten turned eventually into chickens.
I agree that other birds can be named for sex but it does not alter the point that referring to domestic poultry people understand what is meant by hen and chicken.
My family, all bar the current generation, were/are farmers. My grandparents referred to them as hens, even the cock. Unless they wanted the cock kept seperate.My grandparents, parents and all the farms I worked on as well as later at university all referred to hens as the ones laying eggs which if not eaten turned eventually into chickens.
I agree that other birds can be named for sex but it does not alter the point that referring to domestic poultry people understand what is meant by hen and chicken.
Where'd they go on their bank holiday?Meanwhile, back in London, it's a duck's Bank Holiday.
This. Exactly this. Keeping chickens is something of an inconvenience, but we do it mainly to help our grandkids understand where food comes from. We've always grown our own fruit and veggies (annoyingly we've just run out of last years potatoes and onions), but they're a bit less exciting to a 3 year old than birds and the eggs they produce......We're becoming too detached from where our food actually comes from.....