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How often must a hen be fertilized?
Hens can live a whole life without fertilization and still lay fresh eggs just as frequently as hens who are mated regularly. To produce fertilized eggs for hatching, hens must be mated about once weekly.
Do chickens have to mate to lay eggs?
Chickens do not need to mate in order to lay eggs. Hens will lay eggs regardless of whether or not they have mated with a rooster. However, if a hen does mate with a rooster, the eggs can be fertilized and potentially hatch into chicks.
How long do chicken eggs naturally incubate before hatching?
Fertile chicken eggs hatch in about 21 days, given warm temperatures and proper movement of the eggs by the hen. If you don't have a rooster in your flock, the hens won't lay fertile eggs and they'll just spoil.
Hen sits in the hen house on what?
They sit in the hen house on eggs, on the roost or in a nest.
How long does a hen clock till hatching?
A hen will cluck about 2 minutes before and after she lays an egg. that guy didn't even read your question properly. It takes 21 days but it can take up to 25/26
Explain what the mother hen do to ensure that her eggs are turned and kept at the corrrect temperature for hatching?
The mother hen usually covers all her eggs to make sure that they are kept at the correct temperature for hatching and uses its beak to turn the egg over .
What is the advantage of hatching eggs with an incubator than by a hen?
It is cooler
How often does a hen ovulate?
Hens ovulate daily: their eggs. If their eggs are fertile there is a chance of them hatching into chicks, if incubated correctly.
Do eggs get larger during hatching process?
No. The size of the egg remains constant once it leaves the hen.
How does hatching done?
you hatch eggs to grow the chicks into chickens for their meat and eggs to eat
What if the hen abandon her eggs after 15 days?
Success rate of the eggs hatching is extremely low unless introprevention is put into place. (heating lamp)
What is an incubato?
i think you mean an incubator it is a small box shaped machine which fertile hen eggs are put into instead of hatching under the hen you plug it in and put the eggs in it turning them each day for 19 days the eggs should hatch on the 21st day
Should a hen who is setting on infertile eggs be discouraged of this behavior?
There is disagreement about this. It most depends on what you use your hen for. If you use them as incubating machines, then no (she might not go broody as often). If you are selling hatching/eating eggs, then yes, it should be discouraged.
How often must a hen be fertilized?
Hens can live a whole life without fertilization and still lay fresh eggs just as frequently as hens who are mated regularly. To produce fertilized eggs for hatching, hens must be mated about once weekly.
Who to call when hatching eggs without an incubator?
uh... no one! unless a hen.... yah. But, ya, you need somthing like an incubator for the eggs to hatch corectly. Post a message!
How do you keep a parakeet eggs from hatching without the female parakeet there by its side?
not sure what you are asking but if you lose the hen the male will still sit and raise them alone
What does it mean a hen to make a clutch the eggs?
It means to grasp or seize something eagerly. <><><> However, when talking about eggs, it has a different meaning- it is the number of eggs that an animal would lay (and hatch) at one time. A hen may have a clutch of a half dozen eggs that she is "brooding" (hatching) at one time. A robin might have 2-4 eggs in a clutch.
