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I know I've asked some daft things in the past, but I was thinking (in the middle of the night!) when does a pullet become a hen?
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After their first laying season. -
My chook book says when they are a year old they are 'officially' hens. Where, I wonder, do the books get their info, as each one differs.
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So to expand the daft question, how long is a "laying season"? Is it after the first moult from when they first started laying, or a year from when they first started laying? Just got a bee in my bonnet about this today - and for no other reason than "I'd like to know"Originally posted by Polly Fouracre View Post
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Thanks RT
That answers my question. Pullets are up to 1 year old and hens over 1 year old (according to Wikipedia anyway)
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Jules
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I'd better edit that last post of mine Jules is right
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Gold star to Jules
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<<<<<Sticking chest out, swelling with pride>>>>>
(I must write out 500 times 'I will not be such a smug madam')
JulesJules
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And a big pat on the back from Auntie Mo
*forgets to say where she got the pat from 
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Tsk, tsk Auntie mo! Lol!Originally posted by MaureenHall View PostAnd a big pat on the back from Auntie Mo
*forgets to say where she got the pat from
Last edited by Snadger; 01-07-2009, 09:14 PM.My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
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Well I was wrong..............I thought a pullet became a hen when it layed an egg!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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We've both learned something from my daft question then Snadger Which one of them shall we give the Pulletzer Prize to?
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Anyone ever heard of broody pullet? Nor have I. If she has laid for a while and goes broody, she is a hen, whatever her age, otherwise yes, at about a year old.Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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