Eggs aren't fertile, Why?

[LilJoe]

I have only about 12 pullets that are laying through the winter and 3 roosters are free ranging with them. I've seen all three roos mate a couple of them. I cracked two eggs open today and before frying them I checked if they were fertile or not...NOPE!
Any ideas or anything? Does winter affect the roosters fertility like it affects the hens laying?

 

[GOTchickens1978]

Wait were you expecting g to see a chick? The eggs would have to be incubated by the hen or in an incubator in order to for a chick to develop...

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Wait were you expecting g to see a chick? The eggs would have to be incubated by the hen or in an incubator in order to for a chick to develop...

While that is true, OP may be referring to examination of the germinal disc, which is how you determine fertility of non-incubated eggs.

 

[LilJoe]

No the bulls-eye mark...the blastoderm but I saw the blastodisc.

 

[BBCHICKS123]

Or were you egg-specting

to see a a small circle on the yoke if so that is easy to miss can we have more details please

 

[LilJoe]

I don't know how to give any more details? All that was there was the irregular shaped blastodisc

 

[LilJoe]

And whose OP?

 

[LilJoe]

Over Powered?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I don't know how to give any more details? All that was there was the irregular shaped blastodisc

I believe the details being requested were what basis you were using (such as your noted examination of the bastodisc) to determine fertility/infertility -- you knew what method you used, but we did not from reading your post.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

And whose OP?

You - the Original Poster