Eggs are fertilized. BUT???

[AlleysChicks]

Then they aren't broody and the eggs are not going to hatch. When you see them on the nest in the morning, it's likely laying time. Broody hens don't lay eggs, nature's way of ensuring all the eggs hatch at the same time.
It is very unusual for pullets (females under a year of age) to go broody. It's even more uncommon for a hen to go broody in the fall/winter. And that's assuming that one of your girls will eventually go broody. Some breeds have had that instinct bred out almost completely.
Leaving a bunch of eggs sitting around isn't going to make them go broody. It's just wasting perfectly good eggs that you could be eating. If you want chicks, get an incubator.

Dang I hit the jackpot then! I had 2 pullets under 6 months go broody in October. My luck because I didn’t want chicks til spring!

One more question guys can I eat those eggs if I gather them as soon as they are laid even though they are fertilized?

Yes you can eat them

 

[junebuggena]

Oh no...I was thinking of getting fertile polish eggs sometime this spring and putting them under one of my pullets when they go broody (I will get the eggs after I know they are dedicated) and my only breed that could really go broody is a buff Orpington, do you think she might go broody? Because otherwise my entire idea is ruined until 2019 spring. EDIT: She was born August 2nd, 2017

Maybe, maybe not. I had one Australorp go broody at 8 months of age. The other two Australorps didn't go broody till 18 months of age. And they were not successful at hatching and raising chicks till they were 3 years of age. It's all entirely depend on the individual.

 

[bobbi-j]

Oh no...I was thinking of getting fertile polish eggs sometime this spring and putting them under one of my pullets when they go broody (I will get the eggs after I know they are dedicated) and my only breed that could really go broody is a buff Orpington, do you think she might go broody? Because otherwise my entire idea is ruined until 2019 spring. EDIT: She was born August 2nd, 2017

If you want to hatch chicks on YOUR schedule, it's best to get an incubator. I had a hatchery buff orpington once that didn't go broody until she was over a year old, decided to set in an unsafe location, broke her broodiness when I moved her (carefully, at night), and never went broody again. Other BOs will go broody several times in a summer. Every bird is different.

One more question guys can I eat those eggs if I gather them as soon as they are laid even though they are fertilized?

Yes, you can. That little white "tornado" like thing in the egg is not a developing chick. Once a day is often enough to collect eggs.

 

[Charlieharper1990]

Ok I had tornado eggs for breakfast this morning. Thanks guys. Also my chickens 4 hens and 1 rooster, they are barred rocks. Has anyone had any luck with those kind going broody, or have they most likely had that bred out of them.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Ok I had tornado eggs for breakfast this morning. Thanks guys. Also my chickens 4 hens and 1 rooster, they are barred rocks. Has anyone had any luck with those kind going broody, or have they most likely had that bred out of them.

Hatchery birds don’t really go broody. If you want chicks from your birds you can always hatch some in a incubator.

 

[junebuggena]

I've never had any of my hatchery sourced Barred Rocks go broody.

 

[enoryz]

That's the first time I hear of hatchery birds not going broody. That's all I have are hatchery chickens. Is there a reason for that?

 

[junebuggena]

That's the first time I hear of hatchery birds not going broody. That's all I have are hatchery chickens. Is there a reason for that?

Broody hens don't lay eggs for hatching. It's in the hatcheries' interests to select away from brooding hens.

 

[gimmie birdies]

The way it should work, is you mark the eggs that you want to hatch (should be the same age), then collect the other eggs because a hen should really only be on about a doz. or so. going forward, I would candle the eggs and find eggs that are most developed and mark them, then take away the other eggs.

 

[Pyxis]

The little white thing you're seeing on the yolk that looks like a bullseye is called a blastoderm It's not a chick, but rather what the chick would eventually develop from if it was incubated. As you have found out, they are totally safe to eat and taste no different than infertile eggs.

As to your hens going broody, heritage barred rocks do go broody and hatch chicks. Hatchery barred rocks are much less likely to, since it has been mostly bred out of them.

As far as pullets going broody, I have pullets go broody all the time, especially in known broody breeds like silkies, cochins, orpingtons, australorps, brahmas, etc. So it's very possible that it will happen if you have a breed known to be broody.

And as far as saying a bird will never go broody because of its breed, well, never say never. I have had a red sex link go broody, a breed that pretty much never does. She only did it once, but she raised 13 chicks for me. So it does happen. And, I have a pekin duck that broods every year, sometimes twice, and that's another breed that supposedly never goes broody.

However, to ensure you get a hatch, you're better off buying an incubator, since that way you can hatch on your schedule and not on the hen's, and you can guarantee that you will be able to hatch eggs, which can be hit and miss with broodies.