Is there anyway of telling if a chicken has an egg inside it?

-- Steve Hill (ukph@edsamail.com.ph), April 16, 2001

Answers

What are you trying to figure out? Chickens begin laying around 5-6 months of age.

-- Pat (mikulptrc@aol.com), April 16, 2001.

The way we used to tell back on the ole farm: hold chicken in left hand, tail toward right. Measure between pelvic bones with right fingers. Space less than 2 fingers wide, she probably isn't laying at this time. 2 fingers, she is probably laying. 3 fingers, she is the one who lays those double yolkers! Their bones even tend to close up while they molt. If she seems to be a layer, she has several eggs inside her in all stages of development.

-- Cora-Vee Caswell (coravee@locl.net), April 16, 2001.

Thanks I shall try that now!

-- Steve Hill (ukph@edsamail.com.ph), April 16, 2001.

Are you trying to figure out which came first...the chicken or the egg??!! Sorry...couldn't resist that!

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), April 16, 2001.