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If a hen is in with NO rooster, and lays an egg, then that egg is infertile and cannot hatch.

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Can a chicken produce a chick without a rooster?

No, a chicken needs a rooster to fertilize the egg in order for it to develop into a chick. Without the rooster's contribution, the eggs laid by a hen will remain unfertilized and will not hatch into chicks.


Do you need a rooster to have a chick?

yes so the egg can get fertilized and a chick can develop (:


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 a baby rooster called?

A chick.


What is the offspring of a rooster and a hen?

A rooster is a male chicken , A young rooster is a cockerel. A hen is a female chicken, A young hen is a pullet. A castrated Rooster is a Capon A baby chicken of either gender is a chick.


If you have a chicken how do you know if the egg has a chicken in it or you can eat it?

1. If no rooster is present, then there is no way the egg will be fertilised, so it will not have a chick in it. 2. If the egg is freshly laid, and removed immediately and refrigerated, it will not have a chick in it.


Why don't we see a chick in our eggs?

A hen only lays an egg with a chick inside if the egg has been fertilized by a rooster, otherwise it lays eggs without chicks.


What are synonyms for chicken?

chick, rooster, hen


What is the young one of a Rooster?

a female chicken under the age of one year is called a pullet


What do you do if your chick turns out to be a rooster and roosters are not allowed?

Eat it.


You have a rooster that keeps attempting to mate with a duck?

My neighbors rooster jumped on their mallard and 3 weeks later the mallard had 1 chick and 2 ducklings. The chick is light and dark brown.


Do hen eggs contain the nucleus of a chick?

The cytoblast is contained inside the egg. It is found at or near the top of the egg yolk. It is too small to see with the human eye and cannot develop into a chick unless the egg is fertilized by a rooster and properly incubated.