When does chicken lay eggs?

Answer 1

The part of the egg from which a chick is formed is not a liquid. Like all life spawned from sexual reproduction, the male (rooster)'s sperm injects its genetic material a female (hen)'s egg cell and a zygote (fertilized egg) is formed. The single-celled zygote then divides into many cells, thus producing offspring. The yolk of the egg nurtures the chick embryo, the whites is insulation and shock protection, the membrane is used to contain the egg's contents, and the shell is a protective structure.

Answer 2

When they detach themselves from the ovary and float into the oviduct in the hen. In the infundibulum, sperm is able to penetrate the ovum and fertilize the egg. In this section of the reproductive tract, as well in the magnum, isthmus, and finally the shell gland, is where the "egg whte" , albumin, and shell is deposited onto and around the zygote/embryo and its yolk sac before being deposited through the hen's vagina.

In short, eggs become fertilized when they're still inside the hen.

Answer 3

Under the right conditions, chickens will lay eggs all year.

The hens egg laying imperative is based on the amount of light available.

Based on natural seasonal light changes, more available light in spring and summer means more eggs. When the total light falls below 14 hours per day as it does during the fall and winter months the hens will reduce egg output.

As for what time of day a hen will lay, that is based on several factors. When a nest is available, when she laid her last egg, her breed. Some breeds are less productive. No breed will lay more than one egg every 24 hours and some will take 48 to 72 hours between eggs.

Answer 4

After the egg has been fertilized, incubated and exited the shell.