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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 2,302 Send Message	Mick from the Bush	Report	10 May 2008 01:00
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 2,302 Send Message	Tip- If you want to hatch fertile eggs, do not refrigerate them beforehand. Refrigeration drastically effects hatchability. xxxx Mick who has lots of chooks
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	10 May 2008 00:49
	Something to be said for buying eggs layed by battery hens, they've never seen a cockerel so they're not likely to hatch. Although that doesn't seem to stop me buying free range organic.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	10 May 2008 00:30
	dont chicken have to be mated at least once before they lay
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	10 May 2008 00:26
	Marions' explanation brings a new dimension to the question, Which came first, the chicken, or the egg?...........LOL the Cockerel, or the Hen?
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 21,619 Send Message	Ladylol Pusser Cat	Report	9 May 2008 21:42
	thanks helen i did want to know ,speckys said your all not to give me ideas lol.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 21:15
	You learn a lot on here Joan ;))
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 6,309 Send Message	jgee	Report	9 May 2008 21:13
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 6,309 Send Message	fantastic lesson you learn something everyday pmsl and lmao i cant stop chuckerling
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 21:08
	Ewwww, yuck
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,912 Send Message	Sue	Report	9 May 2008 20:46
	TIP OF THE DAY... Do NOT place overdue fertile eggs under the grill and then tap them! Couldn't get rid of the smell for weeks and the kids went around gagging for two days!
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 20:44
	Oop's sorry Sue chucks in a painkiller lol
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 2,489 Send Message	Helen in Kent	Report	9 May 2008 20:43
	Puss, if you really want to know, I have hatched eggs (well, my chickens have) from supermarket eggs. Obviously you need a free range hen with access to a cockerel, and most of our shop eggs are man-free. A hen can retain sperm for upto 12 days, apparently, and will sit on her eggs to incubate them when she thinks she has laid enough. Clever or what! As for eggs, the shell develops as the yolk descends before being ready to be laid. Sometimes a new layer will lay an egg with a soft shell, which is really bizarre!
	Researching: Locke, Rochester, Portsea, Derby
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,912 Send Message	Sue	Report	9 May 2008 20:40
	Marion Shut up! Laughing makes the pain worse! Sue x
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 20:37
	Ah, but did the hedgehog??? pmsl
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 20:37
	lol
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,621 Send Message	Harpstrings	Report	9 May 2008 20:31
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,621 Send Message	Look up the word cloacas on wikepaedia - it will give you all your answers.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 21,619 Send Message	Ladylol Pusser Cat	Report	9 May 2008 20:31
	all i can say all them prickles lucky hedgehog
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	9 May 2008 20:30
	Very carefully Budgie lol
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 21,619 Send Message	Ladylol Pusser Cat	Report	9 May 2008 20:26
	lol sue xx, specky said they have got a week
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 21,619 Send Message	Ladylol Pusser Cat	Report	9 May 2008 20:25
	pmsl marion, i have big ornaments ask specky he keeps telling me he is gonna chuck em out
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,912 Send Message	Sue	Report	9 May 2008 20:25
	All I can tell you is if any of our cockerels didn't perform they made lovely curry! x

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