A broiler chicken can lay eggs if it stays around long enough to reach maturity.
Modern methods can get broilers to harvesting weight in 4 - 8 weeks.
Of course, some of them are kept specifically to lay eggs and provide for the next generation.
Older birds do not lay peewee eggs. Young hens and smaller breeds of hens lay the peewee eggs and the older the hen, the larger the eggs are. Hens tend to lay more eggs in the spring and summer.
All eggs have yokes, this is the nucleus of the cell. However, hens lay eggs without fetuses inside when the eggs are not fertilized by a male rooster.
Four hens have the potential to lay four eggs but this is not always the case. Old hens will eventually stop laying eggs, sick hens may not lay any eggs and hens even in prime condition may be molting or may just be a slow laying breed. There are many reasons why four hens may not even lay one egg in a single day.
No, Bantam roosters do not take care of eggs, his job is to fertilize those eggs, guard the chickens from predators, and crow.
No. 'Cockerel' is another word for a rooster, and male birds do not lay eggs.
It depends on whether there is a rooster around to fertilize the eggs. Broiler hens lay eggs that can grow into chicks just as typical egg-layers do - otherwise we wouldn't have broiler chicks to raise.
All hens lay eggs.
Hens are mom chickens and roosters are dad chickens. Only mom chickens, hens, lay eggs. They lay eggs all year.
There is no such thing as a "boy hen". Hens are female chickens.
Hens lay eggs, the ones you eat.
country eggs are obtained from country chicken..they are 10 times nutritional than broiler chicken eggs because they are made up of artificial chemicals and they inject antibodies in broiler chicken to prevent disease..but country hens are naturally bought up and they are healthy than broiler chicken..thus country hens eggs are powerful than broiler chicken eggs..also they provide very good immunity..
Yes, hens can lay eggs for 2-3 years.
Feather coloring does not influence the color of the egg laid. The breed of the hen dictates what color her eggs will be.
Yes some hens do lay green eggs.The araucana chicken lays green eggs.
Older birds do not lay peewee eggs. Young hens and smaller breeds of hens lay the peewee eggs and the older the hen, the larger the eggs are. Hens tend to lay more eggs in the spring and summer.
Yes, if given the chance broiler hens will sit on their eggs and incubate them - this is instinctive behavior.
No that's not true. Are you ok? Who doesn't know that hens lay eggs? And where did you hear that? Oh gosh