AUCTION Barred Plymouth Rock ~10+~Stukel Lines-GONE!

[Chic-n-farmer]

How long do chickens lay fertile eggs after the rooster is gone? Is there any concrete info on that?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, there is. You can depend on that for two to three weeks, and on rare occasions, up to four weeks. I had occasion to test that here when my first rooster died a few years ago. The eggs remained fertile for two and a half weeks, at least the ones I checked. After I collect BarredRocker's eggs and seal the box, I'll collect a few for myself to hatch before fertility completely runs out.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

Yes, there is. You can depend on that for two to three weeks, and on rare occasions, up to four weeks. I had occasion to test that here when my first rooster died a few years ago. The eggs remained fertile for two and a half weeks, at least the ones I checked. After I collect BarredRocker's eggs and seal the box, I'll collect a few for myself to hatch before fertility completely runs out.

Thanks for the reply. I had read 2 - 4 weeks, but that just seems like a big margin.
Sound like you have time for more auctions.

 

[speckledhen]

It really does vary. You can pretty much count on two weeks for certain. After that, fertility may begin to disappear slowly, hen by hen, as time passes. I won't auction anymore eggs because I would not want someone to bid this kind of money on eggs if I'm not 100% sure of fertility--that just would not be right. There have been crazy rare cases of fertility still being in place at over a month after the absence of a rooster, but no one should ever count on that.

Barred Rocker's eggs will be collected immediately, starting when Rex leaves, and I'll take the following week's eggs for myself so that he gets the ones closest to the time Rex was with the girls.

 

[tahatsu50]

I live in Alaska, have kept a flock of Dominiques for a few years. I am interested in starting a flock of barred plymouth rocks in order to have a more substantial meat bird. I have steered clear of hatchery stock and would like to find heavy bodied, traditional blood lines to start with. If someone could point me in the right direction for chicks or hatching eggs I would be grateful..

 

[Barred Rocker]

I live in Alaska, have kept a flock of Dominiques for a few years. I am interested in starting a flock of barred plymouth rocks in order to have a more substantial meat bird. I have steered clear of hatchery stock and would like to find heavy bodied, traditional blood lines to start with. If someone could point me in the right direction for chicks or hatching eggs I would be grateful..

contact kathyinmo. She has some nice heritage, old line barred rocks.