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I've been looking for an exact answer,but I can't seem to find quite what I'm looking for. Do hens/pullets lay eggs even without the rooster? Am I correct in assuming the only purpose for the rooster is to breed the hens?

I am extremely new to any sort of poultry. I've been interested in having a flock for a while now, but am about to get my oppurtunity in a couple of months when we purchase a new home, that just conveniently happened to have a chicken coop already. As a child, my grandfather had chickens on his...