egg hatching without rooster???

[britlynn327]

I have 5 hens. Will an egg hatch without a rooster???

 

[junebuggena]

How can you fertilize an egg yourself or is that even possibl?

A daddy chicken has his way with the mommy chicken. Then the sperm travels to the yolks to fertilize them. Then the hen lays the egg. You can not fertilize an egg once it's been laid; chickens are birds, not fish.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

A rooster needs to make the eggs fertile in order to hatch. Hope this answers your question

 

[suenrob]

No!

 

[Barnyard]

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NO!!

 

[Maggie3]

Negative

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Certainly not....

 

[beefy]

probably not.

 

[MissPrissy]

Your hens will lay lovely, delicious eggs without the need of a rooster.

In order for chicks to hatch from those eggs you need a rooster to fertilize them.

If you have a broody hen (a hen wanting to sit on eggs) you can get her some fertile eggs. If this is not possible and you want to break the broodiness, lock her out of the nest, break it up, collect the eggs ASAP and in a few weeks she will move on past the broodiness. Collect the eggs several times a day (if you can) and eat the eggs being produced. Don't leave eggs under a broody hen that will not hatch. If they burst you will have a nasty mess to clean up.

I hope this helps you.

 

[wegotchickens]

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Only if a sneaky neighbors' rooster has been by to 'visit'.