Are these eggs fertile???

[FiveHens]

So, if I've done my reading correctly, a bullseye on an egg means it's fertile, right?

So: are these fertile??
Our hens HAVE NOT had contact with a rooster for three months. Shortly after that time period, I was definitely seeing the bullseyes. But if these are the same thing, it'd be a medical mystery.

This is a bowl of our eggs...note the marks on the egg on the left and the egg on top.

This is a close-up of the egg on the left...sorry for the quality of the picture.

So, I'd be grateful for any imput

 

[walbarbsa]

The photo on the bottom is fertile. That's the "blastoderm" or "blasto -- something"....i.e. the embryo.

 

[Coreyboy18]

Can't wait to hear how a hen that hasn't had any contact with a rooster is still laying fertile eggs!

 

[Dixiedoodle]

I think eggs can be fertile up to 21 days after contact w/ a roo.. How long has it been??

 

[Illia]

Yeah, I've heard a hen can be fertile with a rooster for up to 4 weeks. Those are fertile indeed.

 

[Lbrad7]

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You are absolutely right! Hens can carry the ahhh rooster juice

inside them for weeks. I have heard that 21 days is pretty close to when they are clear but I have also heard 6 weeks. I dont know for sure but I think that 3 week time line is more realistic.

 

[can you hear me now?]

Looked plenty fertile to me. My new layers are fertile already. I could be hatching barred rocks at the beginning of spring. Yay.

 

[sheaviance1]

I'm going to have to be on the fence here. I have some with the same bullseye appearance and I don't have a rooster, and have never had a roo. The closest roo is 4 miles away....

 

[FiveHens]

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that they have been in contact with a rooster for at least 12 weeks. They stay in a closed run, except for supervised free-range, and nobody else in our neighborhood has chickens anyway.

I cannot think that one of them may be a rooster...after all, we do get four eggs/day most days from four chickens, and I have never seen them mount eachother...if you guys are curious I can post pics of them all. I am curious, now, too.

Thanks for all the replies!

 

[maizey]

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Luuuucyyyyy.... you got some 'splanin to dooooo