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When an egg is fertilized, and it is incubated (whether by the hen sitting on it, or being kept in a warm box or special chamber), the baby chicken grows inside the shell, and when it is all grown as far as it can grow in the shell, it breaks the shell from the inside, with its beak, and thus, it hatches.
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What do hens hatch?
rooster and chicks it depends on how big the egg
If have several breeds of hens and one rooster will the eggs hatch mix breed hens and will the egg be healthy to eat?
An egg is an egg. Some will taste stronger than others but all will be good.
How long does it take for a roosters egg to hatch?
Roosters don't lay eggs. Hens do.
Can you hatch a abandoned egg?
i have an abandoned egg and im using a shirt and im wrapping around the egg 5 days later candle your egg an you will see your bird developing
How many days does a hen and doves takes to hatch its egg?
hens take 21 days
Is it bad for a hen to try and hatch an egg that is not fertilized?
no that is how people eat eggs. we eat eggs that chickens/hens hatch that aren't fertilized.
Do hens that lay eggs also have baby chic's?
If the there are roosters available and they fertilize the hen's egg, then it is possible for the egg to hatch and have a baby chicken.
Can chicks hatch from organic eggs?
Chicks can hatch from any egg, conventional or organic, if the egg has been fertilized by a rooster mating with the hen that laid the egg. Most eggs sold in retail stores are from flocks that include only hens and no roosters, so if you do not know where an individual egg came from, the chances are great that that egg will be infertile and not hatch.
Does only hen hatch egg?
Yes, only the hen sits on eggs.
Are mother hens supposed to eat the egg shell and break it while the baby is hatching?
the mother hens occationally may break the egg shell while the baby is hatching to help the baby hatch. I'm pretty sure the egg shell will not harm the mother hen much.
Is rooster laying egg?
Do you mean, can a rooster lay an egg? The answer is no. Only hens can lay an egg. Do you mean, will a rooster incubate an egg till it hatches? The answer is no, only hens incubate the eggs. Occasionally a rooster that doesn't know any better will sleep in the nestbox but he is not there to incubate and could actually break and eat the egg instead. Do you mean, will a rooster chick hatch out of an egg? Yes, both roosters and hens come from eggs.
Can a cold egg hatch a chick?
No. Chickens are warm blooded birds. Just like any warm blooded creature (e.g. humans), if they stay too cold for too long, they will die. If the egg is cold, the chick will die before the egg can hatch. That's why hens sit on their eggs to keep them warm.
