a question about mating

[Its Just Us Chickens]

How long does a rooster's.... huh-hum.... 'stuff' hang around? Say if a hen had been exposed to two different roosters within a month's time, would it be possible to determine the father?

 

[patandchickens]

Eggs can be fertilized by a roo's sperm as much as 3+ wks after mating. It would be really really rare for it to happen after 4 wks but I would not necessarily say totally impossible.

Usually breeders consider 3 wks pretty adequate to wait before putting in another roo and considering offspring to be genetically his.

Pat