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Chickens do not need to mate daily. The sperm packet a cockerel delivers to the hens cloaca during one mating is good for the release of sperm into the oviduct for about 10 days. Some breeds it is good for up totwo weeks and therefore you could get a fertilized egg from a hen that has not been near a rooster for a week or longer.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoUnlike mammals the chicken can lay fertile eggs for up to 12 days after one mating. The roosters sperm is stored in the hen and used a little at a time. When introducing a new rooster to a flock of hens you should expect to wait two or three days for all the hens to be "serviced" however if you know for sure the rooster has mounted the hen once, you can be reasonably sure the egg laid tomorrow from that hen will be fertile.
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∙ 14y agono and if you want to know for sure watch chickens all day and night
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∙ 14y agoJust one time and the eggs should be fertile
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∙ 12y agoUsually around once a day. They don't lay eggs right after they are born, and when they get old, they stop laying them.
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How many eggs does a chocolate chicken lay?
Chocolate chickens don't lay eggs.
How many fertilised eggs does a chicken lay?
Ten to twelve eggs.
How many chicks does a chicken lay in a year?
that would be zero they lay eggs
If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half how many eggs can three chickens lay in three days?
Well that all depends on how many eggs that chicken can lay in a day. There isn't enough information.
How many eggs does a female chicken lay in a year?
your average chicken/hen lays about 260 eggs a year.
How many eggs can a chicken lay in 365 days?
The average chicken lays 300 eggs per year
How many eggs do a chicken lay?
one per day
Can cornish chicken lay eggs for breeding?
Any breed of chicken can lay eggs for breeding if they are fertilised.
What type of chicken do the males lay eggs?
No rooster can lay eggs.
How many eggs will a cream legbar lay a year?
The Legbar chicken will lay around 180 or more eggs each year. These chickens lay blue eggs which are unique.
How many eggs can a industrial chicken lay a day?
No matter what the breed, a chicken can only lay one egg about every 24 hours. The real difference is how many eggs a year. Some industrial chickens can lay over 250 eggs a year on average.
How many eggs can a chicken lay in 2 weeks?
Some hens will lay an egg everyday so it would be 14 eggs....
