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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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