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No. A hen will lay eggs regardless of a male partner as long as she is kept comfortable and happy. A male is needed if you plan on breeding more chickens though as he is needed to fertilize the eggs.
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Do all chickens lay eggs?
The females from all breeds of chickens lay eggs. Some hens stop laying when they are old, but there are no breeds or varieties of chickens in which the females do not lay eggs. Roosters, as the male of the species, never lay eggs.
Do you have to breed a chicken for it to lay eggs?
No, hens will lay wether they be with a rooster or not
Do you need a hen for a chicken to lay eggs?
Hens are chickens.Hens are female chickens and lay eggs.Roosters are male chickens and do not lay eggs.So your answer is YES, you need a hen to lay eggs.
Can hens lay green eggs?
Yes some hens do lay green eggs.The araucana chicken lays green eggs.
Do hens have to mate to lay eggs?
No. You do not need a Rooster ( no such thing as a male chicken) to get a chicken to lay eggs. Eggs are produced based on daylight paterns. The rooseter is only needed if you want to fertilize the eggs.
Do pheasant need to be mated with to lay eggs?
Yes. Any Animal Needs To Be Mated with, to either give birth or lay eggs.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Improvement: other then the chicken which doesn't need a male to lay eggs
Does chicken refer to a male or female animal?
Chicken is the entire species. Although chicken actually meant baby chickens at one time it is know used to refer to the whole. A male chicken is called a rooster and female chicken is called a hen. Poultry is the correct term for chickens.
What physiological processes take place for the male cock to lay eggs?
Another silly question Male cocks do not lay eggs, hens do
Is it possible for a female bird to lay eggs with out a male bird?
Yes, If you mean that the male bird does not interact with the female. Chicken hens, most notably, will lay unfertilized eggs as long as a rooster is present. It is very common in the egg industry to use sterile roosters around the hen cages to keep the hens producing eggs.
How many eggs can a chicken lay in 2 weeks?
Some hens will lay an egg everyday so it would be 14 eggs....
Can cockreles lay eggs?
No a male chicken cannot lay an egg.
Do hen lay unfertilised egg?
No hens do not lay unfertilised eggs as fertilisation in hens is internal. But when she lays eggs the zygote is very small in liquid form,so hen sits on egg in order to provide it full warmth and when chick develops after 3 weeks the egg shell burst opens.
