# Our Margo is a woman now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848 "2016-10-07T15:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/1 "2016-10-07T15:01:11Z")
It seems like just a few months ago [that Margo came into our lives.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/chicks_zpspwmi12o7.jpg) (she is the cutie on the left). Well, this week she blossomed into the beautiful, fecund female we had hoped for. [The proof is in the pudding.](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/Margos%20first%20two_zps7ojwtpqv.jpg)😃 Yep, her very first two included a double. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/2 "2016-10-07T16:26:40Z")
Over medium please… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/3 "2016-10-07T16:36:48Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > Over medium please… Heh. My gf sent me the picture this morning as she was preparing her breakfast. She is strictly dippy, so sunny-side up.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/4 "2016-10-07T17:02:07Z")
Does Margo know you’re gonna eat her babies … and eventually her? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/5 "2016-10-07T17:34:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Does Margo know you’re gonna eat her babies … and eventually her? We do not have a rooster, the hens are all virgins.🙂 And we will never consume her. She was purchased to replace a postmenopausal hen who, after a lifetime of egg-laying, lived a life of leisure until succumbing to old age. They are pets, not farm animals. Raised in the house, hand-fed mealworms, etc. When a stray dog tore one up a few years ago, my gf paid a $375 vet bill to have the hen put back together. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/6 "2016-10-07T19:05:35Z")
My brother had two pet hens, which I think started out as Easter chicks. He named them Original Recipe and Extra Crispy.😃 (They were pets though. He didn’t eat them.) ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/7 "2016-10-07T20:27:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > We do not have a rooster, the hens are all virgins.🙂 > > And we will never consume her. She was purchased to replace a postmenopausal hen who, after a lifetime of egg-laying, lived a life of leisure until succumbing to old age. > > They are pets, not farm animals. Raised in the house, hand-fed mealworms, etc. When a stray dog tore one up a few years ago, my gf paid a $375 vet bill to have the hen put back together. My significant other paid $400 vet bill for $5 worth of antibiotics when one of our chickens wasn’t looking good. She recovered but still hasn’t laid another egg in the 4 years since the vet visit… but she remains top in pecking order??? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/8 "2016-10-07T20:30:31Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > My significant other paid $400 vet bill for $5 worth of antibiotics when one of our chickens wasn’t looking good. She recovered but still hasn’t laid another egg in the 4 years since the vet visit… but she remains top in pecking order??? IME a hen that stops laying often rules the roost. If estrogen levels are low, background testosterone levels can affect behavior. Post menopausal hens sometimes crow and fight, typical male traits. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/9 "2016-10-07T20:31:44Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > My brother had two pet hens, which I think started out as Easter chicks. > > He named them Original Recipe and Extra Crispy.😃 > > (They were pets though. He didn’t eat them.) Our neighbors had two pigs last year, Peaches & Cream. We helped eat them. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/10 "2016-10-07T20:31:47Z")
Way to go Margo! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/11 "2016-10-08T04:25:10Z")
Double yolks are lucky! ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/12 "2016-10-08T13:58:08Z")
sounds like a lovely life for a beautiful chicken and bonus, breakfast! 🙂 congratulations to all! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-margo-is-a-woman-now/767848/13 "2016-10-08T17:58:50Z")
Vestal chickens?