A little help for a noobie please??

[Skylights]

Good morning chicken friends. My fiancé went out to the barn to find that our polish girl was laying on a whole clutch of eggs!! I saw her getting covered by our only rooster, a large black Sumatra, just a few days ago. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs that will hatch chicks, since they are different breeds? She is acting very broody; doesn't come out as often and there is a large amount. This is her first time laying eggs, she is about a year old now. This is the first time any of my chickens laid eggs as far as I know.

 

[sourland]

Absolutely possible that her eggs are fertile - chickens are chickens with the same chromosome # regardless of breed. Depending upon your location you may want to candle to assure eggs have not been frozen.

 

[Chicks in VA]

Absolutely possible that her eggs are fertile - chickens are chickens with the same chromosome # regardless of breed. Depending upon your location you may want to candle to assure eggs have not been frozen.

yes what he/she said

 

[Duckies321]

Yes likely the eggs are fertile! You can candle them to watch their development, just us a torch and a dark room to look inside the egg, theres plenty of diagrams of chick development on the internet that you could check out. Good luck!