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Absolutely yes. A hen does not need a rooster to produce eggs, she only produces fertile eggs when a rooster is involved. Many farm flocks do not have a rooster among the flock and egg production does not suffer in the slightest.
A rooster job is to protect the flock and mate with the hens to produce offspring but the hens will continue to lay eggs with or without him.
What else can I help you with?
Do chickens have to be bred before they lay eggs?
No. Once they are old enough (approx 6 months old) they will lay an egg on average every 26 hours. Just as human women ovulate without having sex, a pullet or hen can lay without a rooster. The eggs will not be fertile, however, and will not produce chicks.
What is the sex of hen?
Hens lay eggs. Thus, obviously female.
How do amhibians reproduce?
They make sex then they produce eggs
Female produce what type of sex cells?
Eggs. Gametes
Why does the eggs we buy from shops doesn't hatch into eggs?
Because the Hen who laid the egg didn't have sex (no abuse, just the answer to the question) with a Rooster before she laid the egg, so it was not fertilised
What does the male reproductive system produce?
Spermatozoa and androgens (male sex hormones, such as testosterone).
What is wrong if your pet budgie has no sex but still layed an egg?
A female single bird like hen can lay eggs with special feed or otherwise but you can not get chicks out of them and number of eggs would be less
How does a chicken fertilize there aggs?
For this you have to have a male chicken called a cock and he will fertilise the egg by having sex with the hen
Where female sex cells are located?
Female sex cells, known as eggs or ova, are located in the ovaries. Ovaries are reproductive organs in females that produce, store, and release eggs for fertilization.
'What is the function of the sex glands?
Sex glands, also known as gonads, produce reproductive cells (sperm in males, eggs in females) and sex hormones (testosterone in males, estrogen and progesterone in females). These hormones are important for the development of secondary sexual characteristics, regulation of the menstrual cycle, and maintenance of reproductive function.
How can a female snail mate without a male?
well, snails are a in the family of Hermaphrodites - which means they have both male and female sex organs. So that means that a snail can have random sex to fertilise both the snails eggs to produce baby snails.
How can you tell boy and girl worms apart?
Earthworms are hermaphrodites. This means that the produce both sperm and eggs. Female and males are defined whether they produce eggs or sperm, therefore the sex of an earthworm is undefinable.
