Fertile eggs?

[ThePigeonKid]

I read somewhere that if you keep roosters with your hens, most likely their eggs are fertile. Is this true?

 

[NonnasBabies]

Very much so!!

 

[dsqard]

Yup they will indeed be fertile. They look almost the same as non-fertile eggs and taste exactly the same. We have incubated a few and have eaten the rest. YUMMY!

 

[ThePigeonKid]

Thanks!

 

[sonjab314]

They should be fertile unless you only have one roo with 50 hens lol

 

[DMSrabbit]

Umm.. yeah... Besides artificial insemination you need both sexes of animals to create fertile eggs. Just like almost any other creature on earth (that are not asexual) you need a male and a female to breed to get this result. However, with a rooster (and surmising that your rooster is actually "mounting" your hens) your eggs will be fertile for a couple of days.. Only part of the semen goes into the creation of the egg each time, so just because he hasn't "mounted" a hen in a few days, still means that she could have fertile eggs. I hope this helps..