Do I have a roo?

[Girlmom2021]

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View attachment 4217656Hello BYC members,
First post but I’ve been lurking the forums since before I got my chicks in April.
So I cracked some eggs to eat this morning and I saw a spot that I thought was a sign of fertilization but the catch is I’m pretty sure that I have 6 hens. I have 3 olive eggers and have for sure gotten 3 green eggs in one day so I can rule those out. I thought all my Brahmas were laying too (they started three days ago or so) but I could be misremembering and only had two brown eggs.
Do I possibly have a rooster? My resident chicken expert and SIL thinks that I must have a roo and that the first chicken pictured is a roo. They are 22 almost 23 week Brahmas and none have crowed and they will all squat for me. Or is that egg not fertilized?
TIA!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

The bird pictured is a pullet, not a cockerel.

 

[Squawkers]

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View attachment 4217656Hello BYC members,
First post but I’ve been lurking the forums since before I got my chicks in April.
So I cracked some eggs to eat this morning and I saw a spot that I thought was a sign of fertilization but the catch is I’m pretty sure that I have 6 hens. I have 3 olive eggers and have for sure gotten 3 green eggs in one day so I can rule those out. I thought all my Brahmas were laying too (they started three days ago or so) but I could be misremembering and only had two brown eggs.
Do I possibly have a rooster? My resident chicken expert and SIL thinks that I must have a roo and that the first chicken pictured is a roo. They are 22 almost 23 week Brahmas and none have crowed and they will all squat for me. Or is that egg not fertilized?
TIA!

I can’t see the pictures

 

[Sinadrea]

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View attachment 4217656Hello BYC members,
First post but I’ve been lurking the forums since before I got my chicks in April.
So I cracked some eggs to eat this morning and I saw a spot that I thought was a sign of fertilization but the catch is I’m pretty sure that I have 6 hens. I have 3 olive eggers and have for sure gotten 3 green eggs in one day so I can rule those out. I thought all my Brahmas were laying too (they started three days ago or so) but I could be misremembering and only had two brown eggs.
Do I possibly have a rooster? My resident chicken expert and SIL thinks that I must have a roo and that the first chicken pictured is a roo. They are 22 almost 23 week Brahmas and none have crowed and they will all squat for me. Or is that egg not fertilized?
TIA!

I thought the 1st one has a Roo like face but she has pullet physique Is anyone crowing?

You can google images online to see if the egg is fertilized. Even unfertilized eggs will have that white spot. Fertilized will have bullseyes, which, I believe are a little bigger.
It does look likea bullseye in your picture though, so I'm not sure.

 

[Girlmom2021]

I can’t see the pictures

Ok I think I fixed it

 

[Girlmom2021]

I thought the 1st one has a Roo like face but she has pullet physique Is anyone crowing?

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No crowing. What had me confused is that the egg seemed definitely to look like a bullseye to me.

 

[Sinadrea]

No crowing. What had me confused is that the egg seemed definitely to look like a bullseye to me.

That is strange, keep an eye on the eggs.

 

[Squawkers]

I’ve heard of bullseye eggs that aren’t fertilized

And it is a pullet

 

[FunClucks]

And this is why the bullseye technique for telling if an egg if fertilized or not is not always accurate. Because I see a bullseye, but you have all female chickens. Cute hens!

The only sure way to check and see if an egg is fertilized is to incubate it. After 3 days or more you can candle it and tell for sure because there will be obvious changes if it's fertilized and starts to develop.

If you free range your hens and a neighbor's rooster got to them, chickens stay fertile for at least a month after a mating.

 

[Girlmom2021]

And this is why the bullseye technique for telling if an egg if fertilized or not is not always accurate. Because I see a bullseye, but you have all female chickens. Cute hens!

The only sure way to check and see if an egg is fertilized is to incubate it. After 3 days or more you can candle it and tell for sure because there will be obvious changes if it's fertilized and starts to develop.

If you free range your hens and a neighbor's rooster got to them, chickens stay fertile for at least a month after a mating.

Thanks,
I was pretty sure they are all hens. They are in a fenced in pen so no funny business with neighboring roosters