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post #1 of 7
3/2/12 at 10:04pm
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How long after you re-home your rooster can you still have fertile eggs?  We re-homed our roosters just a few days before Christmas, and last week I cracked an egg open that looked fertilized!  Huh?  Like a dummy, I didn't take a picture.  Do roosters leave their...calling cards for that long? 

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post #2 of 7
3/3/12 at 2:07am

I've heard 3 weeks.

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post #3 of 7
3/3/12 at 12:57pm

If your hens have been without a male since Christmas, it is very unlikely to have been fertile.

 

 

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post #4 of 7
3/3/12 at 2:24pm

What did you see that made it look fertilized? Just curious, because I've never been able to tell until after several days of incubation.

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post #5 of 7
3/3/12 at 8:41pm

I'm also wondering what criteria you're using to consider the egg fertile.

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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3/3/12 at 9:45pm
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I went by pictures I found on BYC: the "bullseye" in the egg.  I noticed our eggs had them shortly after the roosters figured out what they were supposed to do.  It wasn't a blood speck, it looked just like the same bullseye.  Kind of a moot point now, just made me wonder!

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post #7 of 7
3/4/12 at 4:29am

Unless you have a neighbor with a rooster making a stop by and saying hello. If your girls are free ranging.

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