Could she be a Roo?

[HighStreetCoop]

Yep. 100% hen.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Beautiful girl! Many hens will develop spur bumps or even actual spurs - and many roosters will go their entire life without ever developing spurs - which makes their presence/absence an unreliable gender indicator to use.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

When I get home I'll have to get a picture of they spur my sweet Fat Amy (100% hen - actively laying) has decided to spring on us.

 

[holm25]

When I get home I'll have to get a picture of they spur my sweet Fat Amy (100% hen - actively laying) has decided to spring on us.

Did u get that name off Pitch Perfect?? And yes I agree its a hen. My Australorp looks identical to that. And how do you know your eggs r fertile?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Did u get that name off Pitch Perfect?? And yes I agree its a hen. My Australorp looks identical to that. And how do you know your eggs r fertile?

Yes, we did

For the issue of fertile/infertile - if you crack it open you can examine the germinal disc (white spot on yolk) - of course this makes it useless for incubation, but will tell you if the rest of the eggs you are getting *should* be fertile as well (those you could set). Alternatively, you can set (start incubation) of eggs and candle to see if they are developing, incidating they were fertile.

 

[mgregor]

This is what we are seeing. We don't have any other roosters so not sure what else it could be?

 

[junebuggena]

If you just recently got these hens, and if a rooster had access to them before you got them, and they took a break from laying while adjusting to their new home, it's possible for them to lay fertilized eggs.

 

[mgregor]

If you just recently got these hens, and if a rooster had access to them before you got them, and they took a break from laying while adjusting to their new home, it's possible for them to lay fertilized eggs.

We have had them for months and they have been laying for quite a while :-/

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

This is what we are seeing. We don't have any other roosters so not sure what else it could be?

That, to me, is not a bullseye

 

[bigbruce]

Hens don't mount other hens