How is an unfertilized egg no different than a fertilized egg? Wouldn't a fertilized egg eventually turn into a chicken?
Is there a way to tell if it's fertilized without cracking the egg? That seems to defeat the purpose of doing no harm to the embryo.
I've looked at candling, but all I've...
We have six chickens, and one turned out to be a rooster. We are in the process of building a separate coop for him, but in the meantime, we don't want to bet any fertilized eggs. Can candling show fertilization on the first day? Or should we just not eat the eggs until we have the rooster separate?
Thanks! It looks like the only ones still in question are #1 (Christine) and #4 (Irene).
I wondered if #1 might be a Porcelain Belgian D'Uccle. The seem to have the weird feathers on the hock and the feathers on the outer sides only of the legs and feet.
I'll try to post some more pics of...
I have six chickens. They are very small, so I believe they are bantam, but I don't know what breed. I have a pic of each of them as a chick and one of them now (mostly full grown).
This is Christine as a chick and now. She has feathers on her feet, and a weird section of feathers coming...