Are these eggs fertilzed??? New pics added!

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Could you post a picture of the not so girly girl?

 

[brahmabreeder]

The white spot is just the hens stuff it is called the blastodisc since the egg isn't fertilized. If it was fertilized the white spot would be called the blastoderm. I think I'm right on this. Some one correct me if I'm not right.

 

[jreynolds]

Brahmabreeder - I think you're right. And I've seen the white spot on the eggs from the store before too...I think it's just easier to miss, since the yolks on store-bought eggs are so much lighter.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

All eggs have a white spot- but the fertile eggs have a bulls eye, other wise its just solid and very not noticeable..

Oh, and fertile eggs don't taste different, least to me

 

[nuttyredhead]

Could you post a picture of the not so girly girl?

I will when i see her....she is hiding in the shade under the shed!

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

Thanks for the info! And Nuttyredhead I would really like to see her! Maybe we can decide if she's really a girl? I posted a picture of a Brahma here a week or so ago that I thought was a pullet but nope! Rooster. He crowed a couple days after.

 

[nuttyredhead]

Thanks for the info! And Nuttyredhead I would really like to see her! Maybe we can decide if she's really a girl? I posted a picture of a Brahma here a week or so ago that I thought was a pullet but nope! Rooster. He crowed a couple days after.

Found the suspect! I will be really surprised if she is a he! And be warned she has a lack of back feathers. I have been dealing with a feather pecker for MONTHS! Here are several pics!

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

She could be a she but turning to a he. Some hens will turn to hes when there isnt a rooster in the flock, not too common but not unheard of

Looks like a she

 

[Wishing4Wings]

The black chicken looks like a hen. Although some hens may take on some roosterish traits in the absence of a roo (ie crowing), they cannot fertilize an egg!

I do not think the eggs you are showing are fertilized. The white spot (which is the actual "egg" in that it contains the female half of the DNA) looks the same as those on the eggs I get from my neighbor, who has no rooster.

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

I agree. She looks like a girl to me, maybe just becoming the 'rooster' of the flock. I guess those white spots wouldn't be fertile, then...