egg fertility

  1. dublinducks

    Any Chance of Fertility?

    Recently we unexpectedly lost our favorite silkie rooster. He was absolutely perfect in type and my favorite color, splash. We affectionately called him Splish the splash silkie. When we lost Splish, we lost the ability to breed him. Our hens and roosters are kept separately from one another...
  2. C

    Do I have a fertile egg?

    I’m new to hatching eggs and I found what I believe is a duck egg. (Sorry i know this forum is for chickens) but can anyone tell me if this egg is fertile? Somethings have happened inside since I found it. I just want to know if it’s developing or rotting. It’s been 3 days since I’ve started...
  3. ChickenMasta1105

    When will my 8 week old chicks start laying eggs?

    I have 4 approximately 8-week-old hens, but I want to know when my hens will start laying eggs. Please also keep in mind my hens are Rhode Island Red hens. Thanks for your precious time!
  4. Oldhallchicks

    Fertile or not?

    I can’t see a dang thing in the grocery store blue or Maran eggs, so I just left them in. I pulled one blue egg that was clearly infertile, but the others I really can’t tell. 🤷‍♀️ here is the blue one that was definitely infertile the rest look a bit like this, and I can’t tell if there’s...
  5. K

    A strange question?

    I live on an island in Canada, where about four or five years ago someone decided to raise/free range some turkeys. We have a large and healthy population of eagles and hawks, and this did not go well... the person abandoned the project, and we have had four hens which survived roaming feral...
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