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No. The size and shape of an egg does not determine the gender of the potential chick inside the egg. There is absolutely no way to determine gender until the embryo is fully formed and hatched.

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How are chicks made?

Chicks are typically produced through the fertilization of a hen's egg by a rooster. During mating, the rooster transfers sperm into the hen's reproductive tract, which then fertilizes the egg. The fertilized egg is then laid by the hen and incubated until the chick hatches.


How does a chicken egg get fertilized?

The male chicken or rooster chooses a hen from the flock and does a mating dance or display for her. This lets her know she has been chosen to mate with the male. He will do little sidesteps and circles around her, then dip his wings. He sometimes drags his wings on the ground. At a certain point in this dance he grabs her by the feathers at the back of her neck. The hen will flatten out or squat down to the ground and the rooster steps up onto her back while still holding onto the feathers of her neck for balance. The hen lifts her tail slightly to offer access to her cloaca and the rooster touches his cloaca to hers. There is no penetration of sexual organs as happens with mammals since a birds anatomy is different. A Sperm packet is transferred to the hen via this contact. This is all over in 15 to 30 seconds and the rooster goes on to find another hen to mate with.


Who lays the egg The chicken or the hen?

The hen lays the egg. The term "hen" refers to a female chicken, and it is the female that is responsible for laying eggs.


How are chicken eggs fertilized and you want more than just a cockrel?

When a rooster mates with a hen, sperm from the rooster is transferred to the hen's oviduct where it fertilizes the egg. However, hens do not require a rooster to lay eggs, as they will still ovulate and lay infertile eggs on their own.


What is opposite gender for a rooster?

Hen. A rooster is a chicken of the male gender, so the opposite (in gender) is the female, or hen.

Related Questions

What do you get when you cross a egg and a singing hen?

Egg shells // A rooster.


How does a hen form an egg?

a chickin and rooster


Is a rooster necessary for the hen o lay an egg?

no


Will an egg laid without a rooster present develop into a chick?

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


Does a rooster sit on the egg to fertilize?

No. The rooster has relations with the hen and she lays fertilized eggs


How are chicks made?

Chicks are typically produced through the fertilization of a hen's egg by a rooster. During mating, the rooster transfers sperm into the hen's reproductive tract, which then fertilizes the egg. The fertilized egg is then laid by the hen and incubated until the chick hatches.


What way does a needle turn above an egg for a rooster?

Round and round for a hen, back and forth for a rooster


How does a chicken egg get fertilized?

The male chicken or rooster chooses a hen from the flock and does a mating dance or display for her. This lets her know she has been chosen to mate with the male. He will do little sidesteps and circles around her, then dip his wings. He sometimes drags his wings on the ground. At a certain point in this dance he grabs her by the feathers at the back of her neck. The hen will flatten out or squat down to the ground and the rooster steps up onto her back while still holding onto the feathers of her neck for balance. The hen lifts her tail slightly to offer access to her cloaca and the rooster touches his cloaca to hers. There is no penetration of sexual organs as happens with mammals since a birds anatomy is different. A Sperm packet is transferred to the hen via this contact. This is all over in 15 to 30 seconds and the rooster goes on to find another hen to mate with.


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.


Can a rooster fertilize an egg by overshadowing a hen?

A rooster can only fertilize a hen by having sexual contact, in the form of a "cloacal kiss". The sperm must be sprayed into the hen's vent by the rooster's papilla, which is located on the back wall of the cloaca.


If an egg hatches only when the hen mates with a rooster otherwise the laid eggs never hatch. What is the purpose of hen laying eggs regularly if it is not meant to hatch?

The act of laying the egg is natures way of ensuring that IF the hen is mated she can produce chicks. In the wild a hen may not have a rooster available at all times but will be capable of reproduction on the chance meeting of a rooster.


Is a fryer a rooster or a hen?

their is no such thing as a hen rooster, a hen is rooster is a male chicken, and a hen is a female chicken.