Fertile egg?

[kashally]

Hey everyone,
I’ve been a lurker for a year now and have learned everything from searching the forums and haven’t even needed to post, you guys rock. I’m stuck on this fertile egg situation no matter how many pics I look at or threads I read. I definitely have 4 hens, and 1 I don’t know about. It’s a silver laced cochin, acts like a rooster, minus the crowing, but looks like a hen. I cracked an egg the other day and am not sure what I’m seeing so decided it was finally time to ask the experts.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 

[azygous]

Yep. That's a fertile egg. See the white blastocyst? The "bullseye"? That's a fertile egg sign. One of your chickens has to be a rooster for that to happen.

 

[kashally]

Woah crazy! I was convinced it was a psycho hen since there's no crowing. I'll just count myself lucky! Thank you so much!

 

[sourland]

Can you post a picture of the bird ? Sure looks like a fertile egg.

 

[Pretty Birds]

That is a fertile egg. Could you post a picture of the chicken you think may be a rooster?

 

[kashally]

Yep, I'm going through pics/videos now trying to find a decent one. It's so skittish and nothing like the other 4.

 

[kashally]

This is the best I can do off my phone, I can run out to the coop now if they aren’t good enough.

 

[kashally]

It/he is almost 1. I have a white cochin, same age, and have noticed the silver laced has a much more droopy, fancy tail. The comb/wattles are the same size though.

 

[Canuck88]

Do you have pictures of all of your chickens?

 

[kashally]

Here are the other 4. All the others squat and I think I’ve seen all in the box laying. Does squatting always mean hen?