when you put a rooster in with hens, how long to get fertile eggs?
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I used to have laying hens about two dozen at any given time. An old gal that got me started said that if you want fertile eggs for hatching, so you are not wasting time using an incubator you should wait about a week. But keep in mind that a rooster will have his favorite hens much like girl-friends. To be more sure of fertile eggs it's best to separate or confine the hens with the rooster so he doesn't have a lot choices with whom to fertilize. Or pick out those hens that you've seen him with and only incubate eggs from those hens. Or you can " candle " the eggs to see if you see the " blood spot " on the yolk. This a sure method to verify a fertile egg, but difficult for the novice to do.
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How often varies by the breed of the chicken, the type of feed, and other conditions such as weather and whether the bird is molting or not.  The shell of the egg acts as a mammals uterus would, protecting the the contents(baby chick or scrammbled eggs) and housing nutrients.  This is the chickens way of having large numbers of chicks at one time, as eggs that are fertilized do not begin gestation until the proper temperature is maintained on a regular basis.  Chickens will lay eggs over the period of several weeks before sitting on them to produce the correct thermo-environment.  Not all eggs are fertilized because just like humans, a sperm donor is needed.  A chicken may "be with" a rooster only once, yet produce fertilized eggs for several days.  Molting is a period when the chicken is going through physical changes, during this time no eggs are produced.  A sign of molting is loss of feathers and bad mood swings!  Molting occurs about once a year in mature birds.  Sometimes eggs used for human consumption are fertilized unintentionally.  These eggs have a red dot in the white of the egg.  This is the reason most cooks crack eggs into a separate bowl before adding them to their recipes.  The red dot would have turn into a chick had the egg not been cooled by refridgeration.  sometimes eggs are not produced because the diet is lacking certain nutrients, usually feeding the chickens the used egg shells from the kitchen will help to cure this deficiency and the bird will begin to produce eggs.  Chickens are an inexpencive yet interesting animal that can be lots of fun raising with children.  Also, their are minature chickens and chickens that have different colored eggs known as easter egg chickens(anaconas, i think) Its been a while since i raised chickens but it was quite an experience, hope this helps!
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Eggs, whether fertilized or unfertilized have largely the same consistency when they leave the hen.  If a fertilized egg is incubated (kept warm), then a chicken fetus will develop, resulting in a chick in about 21 days.\n\nFarmers who raise chickens for egg production (commercially sold eggs) are required in some states by law to "candle" all of their eggs before they are allowed to be sold.  Eggs are "candled" by being placed in front of a bright light.  An inspector then looks for any dark masses inside the egg, which could be a developing chicken (or bacterial growth).  The chances of a fertilized egg are relatively low since many chicken egg farms do not have any roosters in the cages with the hens.  Even if a fertilized egg somehow did make it through, the prompt  collection and refrigeration of eggs would stop any further development.
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54 \n\nas each chicken lays one egg every 1.5 days ie 2 eggs every 3 days and so 6 eggs every nine days\n\nThus 9 chickens will lay 9 x 6 eggs in 9 days
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A hen and a half therefore can lay one egg in one day. So, one hen can lay 2/3 of an egg in one day. So, in seven days, one hen can lay 14/3 eggs. Six hens in seven days can lay 28 eggs.\n\n28.
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The hen of course. Each species was sent in pair and then they multiplied. Imagine a mammal, it does not lay eggs, so it must have come as in its animal form first.
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If you only have one canary then it can not be fertile but if you have a male and female then you may see some babies soon.If they arent fertile she will throw the eggs out of the nest herself.
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Eggs sold in the supermarket are unfertilized.  Roosters are necessary to fertilize eggs in order to get baby chickens.  I'm not sure if these eggs can be fertilized at a later time.  Help me out someone.
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Most foreign doves lay two white eggs, which they incubate from twelve to eighteen days. They feed their squabs by regurgitation as do domestic pigeons, and these stay in the nest much longer than do the young of tame pigeons, which is a -real advantage. Some of the larger species, such as cuckoo and other doves, lay only a single egg at each setting. Thus, the Luzon Bleeding Heart lays two eggs each time, whereas the Bartlett Bleeding Heart dove lays but one. The reason for this difference is not known.
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I really doubt a rooster would lay and egg but if you found a rooster that lays eggs you better hang on to him it would be a first in history!!!!
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They are fertilized by the rooster!  The chickens people raise on their own usually they have a rooster if they want to have the eggs fertilized,then they have to have a hen that is called a setter,that will sit on the eggs,protect them and keep them warm until the babies hatch.  You CAN eat farm fresh eggs that are fertilized though too. You can tell if they are fertilized because there will be a small blood spot in the white of the egg.    \n\nThe eggs you get from the store are not fertilized because the chickens produce eggs on their own.  You don't need a rooster to get an egg from a chicken.  You only need a rooster to fertilize eggs.\n\nThe rooster mounts the hen and then use your imagination!  It is similar to human eggs being fertilized.  Only difference is the rooster can fertilize MANY eggs a day! Especially if he has a lot of hens to choose from.
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The egg cause the hen chickened out!! lol
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Egg / ovum -- 48 hrs\nSPerms -- 48-72 hrs
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1 Rooster\n5 Hens\n14 Chicks
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Broilers are chickens that are raised for the meat.  They are usually prepared for market at about 8 weeks.  In most cases, they sit around in the box and eat and of course pass it on. (How many ways can you say that ?!?)  \nLayers on the other hand, are raised for the eggs they lay.  Thus the term.  If the layer is on a chicken farm, they sit in a box.  Each hen has it's own box.  The floor is almost like an upside-down bowl, but not as sharply turned.  Just light enough so that the eggs roll down into a egg-gathering conveyer belt.  The eggs are then cleaned and then put into boxes.\nBut if the layer is on a farm, they eat beetles and worms and dirt and grass and small stones to help with digestion.  Eggs from a farm almost always taste better than eggs from a "chicken factory".
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First came a rooster named Adam, then a hen named Eve.
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turkins.(bald necks) they lay very well. they're also very good mothers! itll be easier to get at least one rooster and the rest hens and keep the rooster and one of his fav. hens. if his fav. hen will most likely sit on some eggs of hers and then the eggs will hatch and then u wont have to order anymore chickens! \nsome turkins dont get to much meat on them.