Seriously, someone come take these! I raise chickens in the yard, more for enjoying their quirky personalities than for self sufficiency. (Eggs are cheep. Chiken feed isn't.) This is what happens when my family gets sick of eating eggs for a few days..
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I saw a farmer once crack some eggs and feed them (raw) to the chickens, which would gladly munch on their would-have-been babies.
@SW-User chickens are definitely SAVAGE AF! They will consume their own injured flock mates but they don't really see their eggs as young unless they are "broody". Hens have this kind of switch in their brain that goes on randomly and makes them super dedicated parents. They don't even care who laid the eggs .. those are HER babies now! Most commercial breeds like mind seldom if ever go broody but it's very funny when they do. You have to physically remove them from their nest and make them socialize with the girlfriends a few days in a row until they snap out of it.
@JamieDeer haha, yeah. I always hear people talk about how cute and nice chickens are and I have to shake my head. If they only knew. Dirty, Savage little dinosaurs! But still so rewarding.
