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Pullets will start to produce fertile eggs when the rooster is permitted to mate with her. Young birds often are not receptive to the rooster until about 8 months or more. While the pullet will lay eggs sooner than that 4 to 6 months old, she will often not allow the roosters advances until older. This will vary from breed to breed.
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Do you need a hen for a chicken to lay eggs?
Hens are chickens.Hens are female chickens and lay eggs.Roosters are male chickens and do not lay eggs.So your answer is YES, you need a hen to lay eggs.
How long will eggs be fertile after you take the rooster away?
The sperm packet is stored in the cloaca of the hen for about 10 days and after that it needs replenishing. After a rooster dies it's progeny can go one for up to 10 more days.
How do roosters get the hen pregnant?
Roosters don't get the hen pregnant but fertilise the eggs inside her. Chickens are born not from a Mother hen but come from the eggs she lays. The egg fertilisation process takes place when the rooster "Mounts" the hen.
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.
How long does it take a hen to lay 19 dozen eggs?
If the hen lays one egg per day it would take 1 year.
Do hen turkeys lay eggs without a tom turkey present?
Yes, but they wont be fertile. Hen turkeys lay eggs in the spring with or without the tom.
How long after being with a rooster do a hen start laying?
Hens lay eggs without a rooster. It is only when the rooster fertilises the female's eggs that he will affect the egg production. (After fertilisation the hen will lay a clutch of fertile eggs which she will hatch.)
Do you need a cockerel if you have hen or will they still lay eggs?
The hen will lay eggs either way, she will lay more if you have a rooster and the eggs will be fetilized
Can you hatch a chick using an egg from the refrigerator?
No. The egg must be fertile, and being in the refrigerator for too long will kill any embryos. Eggs that are sold for consumption are never fertile, unless bought locally. Without a rooster the eggs will not be fertile, and batteries do not keep roosters, as roosters are not necessary for a hen to lay eggs.
Does a hen lay eggs?
Hens lay eggs, the ones you eat.
Does hen lay a fertilized egg and non fertilized egg?
Yes, they can lay both non fertile eggs and fertilized eggs depending on the availability of a rooster and a successful mating. Since roosters deposit a sperm sac rather than having to mate each time a mated hen can produce fertile eggs for up to 10 days after one mating.
Do you need a hen for a chicken to lay eggs?
Hens are chickens.Hens are female chickens and lay eggs.Roosters are male chickens and do not lay eggs.So your answer is YES, you need a hen to lay eggs.
Will golden sex chickens lay fertile eggs?
As long as they have a fertile rooster around who is breeding with them, they should certainly lay fertile eggs, though golden sex links only very rarely get broody and sit on eggs themselves.
How long does it take a hen to lay eggs after fertilization?
More than an average human
Will a female puffer fish lay non-fertile eggs?
No, pufferfish will not lay non-fertile eggs. I have had multiple pufferfish for over 5 years and they haven't laid non-fertile eggs. Although she did mate with my other pufferfish and lay fertile eggs.
How long will eggs be fertile after you take the rooster away?
The sperm packet is stored in the cloaca of the hen for about 10 days and after that it needs replenishing. After a rooster dies it's progeny can go one for up to 10 more days.
How Do chickens lay infertile eggs?
As long as there is no rooster around to mate with the hens, you will not receive fertile eggs.
