Eggs and breeding

[AltonaAcres]

My tiny lil bantam cochin roo is good at his job Crack open an egg and look for a bullseye. The eggs will be fertile for 2+ weeks after mating. It takes about a day for the sperm to fertilize any eggs. So an egg laid right after mating may not be fertile

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Erm....
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So...no.
Beards are the big chin floofs.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

My tiny lil bantam cochin roo is good at his job Crack open an egg and look for a bullseye. The eggs will be fertile for 2+ weeks after mating. It takes about a day for the sperm to fertilize any eggs. So an egg laid right after mating may not be fertile

So all eggs laid in next two weeks fertile from mating today? Or one egg fertile for two weeks?
They've just been mating now so I might keep tomorrow's egg?

 

[Chuckkeeper]

So...no.
Beards are the big chin floofs.View attachment 2376450

I want one

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Lemme check the genetics calculator. He’s mottled, correct?

Got a salmon fav and jubilee today too!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I want one

Lol! I have two bearded birds, both EEs.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Correct. All eggs laid for the next two weeks after a mating should be fertile. You can keep today's egg if they mated prior to today. If not, wait until tomorrow.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Got a salmon fav and jubilee today too!
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THE FAVORELLE HAS A BEARD!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Got a salmon fav and jubilee today too!
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The jubliee (color, not a breed) is a Speckled Sussex.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Correct. All eggs laid for the next two weeks after a mating should be fertile. You can keep today's egg if they mated prior to today. If not, wait until tomorrow.

Wow I had no idea. I presumed it was one mate for one fertile eggs!