Transgender Issues

Big Sarge · 07-30-2013, 10:54 AM

My daughter, Elizabeth, has 3 hens. Lately, 2 of them have developed gender identity issues to include crowing and fighting over the 3rd hen. Also, they have quit laying eggs. How should we handle this? Should we attempt some form of gender orientation or simply accept them as roosters trapped in a hen's body?

BTW, the 2 hens in question are an Americauna and an Easter Egger. As you can guess, we especially want their eggs.

glatt · 07-30-2013, 11:23 AM

A tough old bird may require a slow simmer to get it to be tender.

Clodfobble · 07-30-2013, 11:49 AM

I recently learned that while hens usually live about 8-10 years, they only lay eggs for 2 years. Our local animal shelter apparently has a ton of chickens in it, because all these hipsters thought it would be a great idea to have fresh eggs, but weren't prepared to slaughter the chicken for meat after it stopped laying.

What I'm saying is, slaughter one chicken out in the yard, and I bet the other two will start laying again post haste.

Crimson Ghost · 07-31-2013, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I recently learned that while hens usually live about 8-10 years, they only lay eggs for 2 years. Our local animal shelter apparently has a ton of chickens in it, because all these hipsters thought it would be a great idea to have fresh eggs, but weren't prepared to slaughter the chicken for meat after it stopped laying.

What I'm saying is, slaughter one chicken out in the yard, and I bet the other two will start laying again post haste.

Yes, make an example.
Tell them to bring their production levels up to expectations, or repercussions will follow.
Public executions of undesirables may jump-start the machinery.
Inform them that the same fate awaits them if they are not careful.

monster · 07-30-2013, 12:26 PM

consider how cute Hendas would be.....

Griff · 07-30-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

My daughter, Elizabeth, has 3 hens. Lately, 2 of them have developed gender identity issues to include crowing and fighting over the 3rd hen. Also, they have quit laying eggs. How should we handle this? Should we attempt some form of gender orientation or simply accept them as roosters trapped in a hen's body?

BTW, the 2 hens in question are an Americauna and an Easter Egger. As you can guess, we especially want their eggs.

We had an mixed Araucana rooster we thought was a hen because he never developed his tail feathers until we got rid of the dominant rooster. They can be tricky to sex. Could the one hen have been doing all the laying? Eat one of the bastards and see what happens.

Big Sarge · 07-30-2013, 03:14 PM

Glatt - I agree totally. Unfortunately, Elizabeth is too tender hearted.

Griff - You might have hit the nail on the head

Griff · 07-30-2013, 09:47 PM

Use Cornell BBQ Sauce and she will forgive you. Grill over charcoal and baste thoroughly.

Yield: Enough for 5 pounds of chicken.

1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup cider vinegar
2 teaspoons coarse salt*
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground pepper
Poultry pieces (half chicken, whole chicken, whole chicken legs,
chicken thighs, and/or chicken breasts)

Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Aliantha · 07-30-2013, 10:28 PM

Yeah, if they're not laying, it's time to turn them into soup.

sexobon · 07-30-2013, 11:05 PM

Maybe you need to stop oppressing them.

ZenGum · 07-30-2013, 11:12 PM

If these were purely productive animals, soup would make sense. But they're not, they're also pets, and I think that keeping them as pets and letting them be themselves, whatever they want to be (cliche-ed though it is) and still loving them as pets, is an important example to set.

Aliantha · 07-30-2013, 11:31 PM

Pets schmets. What are they then? Guard chooks? lol. Even our pets have jobs.

zippyt · 07-30-2013, 11:35 PM

Time for a bog ole batch of chicken and dumplings !!!

ZenGum · 07-31-2013, 12:56 AM

Elizabeth has emotional attachments to these creatures. That's what they're "for".

Or, plan B .... get (or borrow) a rooster. Let him strut around acting all, well, cocky, for a week or two, see if that doesn't show those chicks what's what.

'cause we all know that all lesbians just really need a good deep-dicking to set them straight.

Sundae · 07-31-2013, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Get (or borrow) a rooster. Let him strut around acting all, well, cocky, for a week or two.

Although Zen couched the post in a comedy stylee (c'mon Zen, really?) this is a good solution. You'll need to find a local chicken group/ forum/ website, but there is always a surfeit of roosters. And they FIGHT. There's a good chance that someone will lend you a rooster once they have ascertained that Elizabeth is a responsible owner.

My chicken-keeping ex-colleague did the same when one of her hens started displaying rooster tendencies. She could not keep a rooster because of the proximity of neighbours, and because she prized eggs more than chicks, but a short stint was all that was needed.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

07-30-2013, 10:54 AM	#1
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Transgender Issues My daughter, Elizabeth, has 3 hens. Lately, 2 of them have developed gender identity issues to include crowing and fighting over the 3rd hen. Also, they have quit laying eggs. How should we handle this? Should we attempt some form of gender orientation or simply accept them as roosters trapped in a hen's body? BTW, the 2 hens in question are an Americauna and an Easter Egger. As you can guess, we especially want their eggs. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-30-2013, 11:49 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I recently learned that while hens usually live about 8-10 years, they only lay eggs for 2 years. Our local animal shelter apparently has a ton of chickens in it, because all these hipsters thought it would be a great idea to have fresh eggs, but weren't prepared to slaughter the chicken for meat after it stopped laying. What I'm saying is, slaughter one chicken out in the yard, and I bet the other two will start laying again post haste. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-30-2013, 12:26 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	consider how cute Hendas would be..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-30-2013, 03:14 PM	#7
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Glatt - I agree totally. Unfortunately, Elizabeth is too tender hearted. Griff - You might have hit the nail on the head __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-30-2013, 09:47 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Use Cornell BBQ Sauce and she will forgive you. Grill over charcoal and baste thoroughly. Yield: Enough for 5 pounds of chicken. 1 egg 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup cider vinegar 2 teaspoons coarse salt* 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning 1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground pepper Poultry pieces (half chicken, whole chicken, whole chicken legs, chicken thighs, and/or chicken breasts) Makes about 1 1/2 cups. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-30-2013, 11:23 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	A tough old bird may require a slow simmer to get it to be tender.

07-30-2013, 10:28 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, if they're not laying, it's time to turn them into soup. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-30-2013, 11:05 PM	#10
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Maybe you need to stop oppressing them.

07-30-2013, 11:12 PM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	If these were purely productive animals, soup would make sense. But they're not, they're also pets, and I think that keeping them as pets and letting them be themselves, whatever they want to be (cliche-ed though it is) and still loving them as pets, is an important example to set. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-30-2013, 11:31 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Pets schmets. What are they then? Guard chooks? lol. Even our pets have jobs. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber Last edited by Aliantha; 07-30-2013 at 11:48 PM.

07-30-2013, 11:35 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Time for a bog ole batch of chicken and dumplings !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-31-2013, 12:56 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Elizabeth has emotional attachments to these creatures. That's what they're "for". Or, plan B .... get (or borrow) a rooster. Let him strut around acting all, well, cocky, for a week or two, see if that doesn't show those chicks what's what. 'cause we all know that all lesbians just really need a good deep-dicking to set them straight. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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