How many fertile Eggs can a Hen lay after mating?

[Aaronblackman]

I was searching on ebay for some hatching eggs and started to think "well i dout that cock, mated with all these hens 12 times in one day" so i thought, how many eggs can a hen lay which will be fertile, after she has mated with a cock, or is it, as long as the cock is in the with the hens and has mated with them is it a permemntant thing?

I bet this will be a simple answer but its got me puzzled

 

[CpapSeller]

It depends on how old the Cock is. When I was 18 I could err, well wrong board. Seriously, The hens store semen and the Hen can produce fertile eggs days after being in with a rooster.

 

[Aaronblackman]

Hahahah well as long as i know that they can store it lol, that kinda answers my question

 

[CpapSeller]

We like to poke fun at each other round here.

 

[Gypsy07]

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I have one cock with 16 hens and I seriously think he probably mates each one two or three times a day. He's never off them, the randy beggar!

I remember reading a post once where someone said her hen sat on and hatched eggs out TWO MONTHS after she got rid of the rooster...

Right now I am incubating eggs laid by some White Leghorns I was given a few weeks ago. These eggs were laid up to a week after I was given the birds and up to ten days after they were taken away from their rooster. I had them in quarantine and shut away from my other birds so I know 100% that my own rooster never got at them. I set seven eggs and three were fertile and have made it to lockdown...

 

[Kedreeva]

It's typically about 2 weeks from 1 mating, but it can be upwards of a month or more in some cases.

 

[getfresh]

okay so I just need a little clarification. after a hen has been fertilized just once, can more than one of her eggs be fertile or just the one laid after fertilization?

 

[AmericanMom]

her eggs can be fertile for up to two weeks or a bit longer from one successful mating, yes if she lays an egg a day everyday for two weeks they should all be fertile

 

[getfresh]

thank you! any light you can shed on the best way to store eggs "on deck" to be incubated or sat on?!

 

[4-H chicken gal]

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