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Why do you need a rooster if all you want is eggs?
Roosters are needed for fertilizing eggs to produce baby chicks. If you only want eggs for consumption and do not want fertilized eggs, then you do not necessarily need a rooster in your flock. Hens will lay eggs regardless of the presence of a rooster.
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.
Can rhode island chickens lay eggs without a rooster?
Yes All chickens will lay eggs without the need for a rooster. All a rooster does is fetilize the eggs, it does not induce the hen to lay an egg, she will do this anyway.
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 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.
Why are there no chicks in the eggs you buy and eat?
Because they are not fertalized by a male chicken
A rooster lays 20 eggsthe farmer took 5 eggshow many eggs are there?
15 eggs None, a rooster cannot lay eggs (a rooster is a male)
What are eggs in reproduction?
they are eggs that travel in the uterous of a female and when fertalized by a mans spearm that creates a baby over time.
Why do you need a rooster if all you want is eggs?
Roosters are needed for fertilizing eggs to produce baby chicks. If you only want eggs for consumption and do not want fertilized eggs, then you do not necessarily need a rooster in your flock. Hens will lay eggs regardless of the presence of a rooster.
Does having a rooster make hens lay bigger eggs?
They eggs are the same size as if there is no rooster in the flock.
Can an African grey get fertalized without a male?
No, eggs cannot be fertilized without the contribution of a male.
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.
Can rhode island chickens lay eggs without a rooster?
Yes All chickens will lay eggs without the need for a rooster. All a rooster does is fetilize the eggs, it does not induce the hen to lay an egg, she will do this anyway.
What is a rooster needed for?
If eggs are to be incubated for hatch, they must be fertilized. That is where the rooster comes in.
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.
Does a rooster sit on the egg to fertilize?
No. The rooster has relations with the hen and she lays fertilized eggs
How do you fertillize eggs?
You should let rooster stay with the hen. The rooster will know what to do next.
