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Just as a human female will make an egg once a month for a certain period of her life, the chicken will make an egg once every 20 hours. The difference is the time factor and the chicken's egg has a shell. A male does not have to be around for the human to make that egg, and it's the same with the hen.
What the male of the species is important for is fertilizing the egg to ensure a next generation.
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∙ 16y agoHens can lay eggs with out roosters, but the eggs will not hatch.
(Since they haven't been fertilized)
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∙ 12y agoThey can but the chicks will never ever hatch and they aren't there.
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∙ 15y agoNot on a farm. In a lab yes, but farms need to either buy fertile eggs or provide the hens with a rooster to get viable eggs for hatching. Eggs bought at the supermarket are not fertile.
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Can a chicken produce a chick without a rooster?
No. A chicken can produce eggs without a rooster but she can not produce a chick without her eggs being fertilized by a rooster.
Does a chicken need a rooster to fertilize each and every egg or does the chicken only need the rooster to lay eggs?
a chicken need a rooster to fertilize it's sex cell whatever it is A chicken can lay an egg without a rooster but the egg can never be hatched. If the egg is fertilized then the egg is able to hatch.
Who lays the egg The chicken or the hen?
A hen IS a chicken. The female chicken as opposed to a rooster (male).The answer to your question is A hen chicken is used for laying eggs.
Is a chicken a sexual reproduction?
No, not that I know of. Chicken is the species. A rooster is a male chicken. A hen is a female chicken. A chick is a young, undeveloped chicken. YMT.
Why is a chicken egg a fertilized egg?
Not all chicken eggs are fertilized. Any egg that a chicken lays will be unfertilized unless there is a rooster around to fertilize the egg while it is inside the chicken.Chicken eggs are fertilized when a rooster is in with the hens. The rooster will breed with the hens to continute the chicken species. This is why eggs are fertilized. If you do not want your eggs fertilized, all you need to do is pull out the rooster, or roosters if there are more than one. This will cause the chickens to lya unfertilized eggs.When an egg is fertile it means it was in the beginning stage of hosting a baby. Basically, it is an egg from a hen that had previously had sex with a rooster. You probably don't want to think about that before eating them though. They are the most nutritious form of egg to eat.
Can a chicken produce a chick without a rooster?
No. A chicken can produce eggs without a rooster but she can not produce a chick without her eggs being fertilized by a rooster.
What kind of animal does chicken come from?
It comes from chicken, a domesticated bird. A rooster (male) and hen (female)are required to produce offspring in the form of an egg.
Does a chicken need a rooster to fertilize each and every egg or does the chicken only need the rooster to lay eggs?
a chicken need a rooster to fertilize it's sex cell whatever it is A chicken can lay an egg without a rooster but the egg can never be hatched. If the egg is fertilized then the egg is able to hatch.
Can all eggs that a chicken lays develop into a chick?
NO. Unless the chicken has mated with a rooster, she will lay non viable eggs. An egg will be produced by the chicken even when no rooster is available. Eggs that come from a grocery store are not fertile and therefore can never produce a chick.
What is the highest egg producing rooster?
Roosters do not produce eggs. Hens do. So there is no highest egg producing rooster.
When is a chicken not a chicken?
When it's still an egg. When it's devoured by a campfire. When it's a rooster, fighting for it's territory with another rooster.
Which came first the chicken or the egg and the rooster counts as a chicken?
Technically the ancestors of the chicken came first.
Who lays the egg The chicken or the hen?
A hen IS a chicken. The female chicken as opposed to a rooster (male).The answer to your question is A hen chicken is used for laying eggs.
What is a fertilized hen egg?
A single cell that will develop into a chicken or rooster
Where does a rooster orignate from?
A rooster originates from a chicken, which originates from a hen, which in turn originates from a turkey. and the turkey comes from an egg.
What is distract?
What came first the chichen, or the egg? A: The rooster came first...... all over the chicken, then the egg was about.
Can you breed from the eggs?
If the chicken laying the egg has been fertilised by a rooster then it is possible to get a chick out of the egg if the chicken goes "broody", alas it sits on the egg(s) for days.
