Are Pullets capable of bearing offspring?

[speckledhen]

If a pullet's egg has been fertilized by a rooster, yes, it can hatch. Not all pullets' eggs are tiny. If you only try to hatch the larger eggs, doesn't really matter how old the bird is who laid it. Some of my pullets have begun their egg laying careers with medium size eggs, not tiny ones you'd expect.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

Pullet eggs can he hatched, the chicks will be a bit smaller but they catch up to the rest as they grow

 

[captainmom]

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Pullet is a termed used to describe a female chicken under 1 year of age. Normally, you would want your pullets to settle into their laying pattern before you start pulling eggs to incubate. And, a pullet isn't normally going to hit their peak production prior to a year old anyways.

In this other post, you said you read it in "Storey's guide to raising chickens" not "My grandpa told me pullets don't reproduce well"...

Boy now I am afraid to post too many times!!! Didn't know someone was out there monitoring who writes what and where!!! Look out!! It's the Posting Police!!!

 

[dsqard]

From my experience I have noticed that when my hens were still pullets the eggs tended not to develop well. Once they were a few months into laying, the eggs developed into chicks much better. Not real sure if it was their age or the fact that it was really cold at the time.

 

[pdsavage]

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In this other post, you said you read it in "Storey's guide to raising chickens" not "My grandpa told me pullets don't reproduce well"...

Boy now I am afraid to post too many times!!! Didn't know someone was out there monitoring who writes what and where!!! Look out!! It's the Posting Police!!!

Acually everything is monitored,people have been known to misslead people and make up stories.Im in no way saying that the OP is.Just saying it has happened on BYC before.

 

[featherz]

I've hatched pullet eggs before. they did fine. I just only use the ones that are at or close to a 'normal' size egg, not tiny little 'starter' eggs.

 

[mother o' chicks72]

If you hatched an egg it was not a pullets egg, a pullet is a female chicken that is before laying age, therefore if it lays an egg, it is no longer a pullet, but a hen.

 

[pepperkorn67]

Here's a goofy question - would you want to eat a starter egg

(sorry to go off-topic - I'm new

-- how long can I use that one I wonder?)

 

[speckledhen]

mother o' chicks72 :

If you hatched an egg it was not a pullets egg, a pullet is a female chicken that is before laying age, therefore if it lays an egg, it is no longer a pullet, but a hen.

Technically, a pullet is any female chicken under one year of age. A "pullet egg" usually denotes the first few smaller-than-normal eggs; at least, that's what most folks mean when they use that term.


You can eat any eggs, even the very first one. No reason not to; how would it be any different?​

 

[PepsNick]

mother o' chicks72 :

If you hatched an egg it was not a pullets egg, a pullet is a female chicken that is before laying age, therefore if it lays an egg, it is no longer a pullet, but a hen.

I see people say this a lot. I believe that this is not the case. Until a female chicken is one year old, they are a pullet.​