Im new to chickens
and had my first hatch 7 weeks ago
I hatched eggs I brought using my broody bantam
She still has 1 chick with her is is a rooster as I sold his mates already
But I have noticed my bantams eggs are showing the fertile sign on the yolk.
So hes obviously mating her
Im just really suprised as I thought they were fertile later than that
Im hopeing to rehome the rooster soon
Prob is she is very attached to him and tried to move them with my other hens but the rooster chick got agro attacking everyone so I seperated him out and she cried for him for hours so put them back together again . I cant keep roosters as im in town and she is so maternal over the roo has she decided hes her mate? if she decides to go broody I will let her sit on them sice they are fertile and maybe that will distract her, then I will keep a hen baby for her but so far no interest
Anyone else noticed this before the attachment to a roo chick and a roo chick being fertile so young?
Thanks
Natasha
and had my first hatch 7 weeks ago
I hatched eggs I brought using my broody bantam
She still has 1 chick with her is is a rooster as I sold his mates already
But I have noticed my bantams eggs are showing the fertile sign on the yolk.
So hes obviously mating her
Im just really suprised as I thought they were fertile later than that
Im hopeing to rehome the rooster soon
Prob is she is very attached to him and tried to move them with my other hens but the rooster chick got agro attacking everyone so I seperated him out and she cried for him for hours so put them back together again . I cant keep roosters as im in town and she is so maternal over the roo has she decided hes her mate? if she decides to go broody I will let her sit on them sice they are fertile and maybe that will distract her, then I will keep a hen baby for her but so far no interest
Anyone else noticed this before the attachment to a roo chick and a roo chick being fertile so young?
Thanks
Natasha