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At what age would you consider hens and roosters to be mature? Good question. I generally consider pullet's to be mature about when they start to lay, usually within a couple of weeks. That one is easy. I think it is the hormonal changes that come when they start producing eggs. Who knows...

You may already know this but I'll go through it anyway. It takes an egg about 25 hours to go through a hen's internal egg making factory. That egg can only be fertilized during the first few minutes of that journey. That means if a mating took place on a Wednesday, Wednesday's egg is not...