1. Jan 26, 2010 #1
   

   Alpha Out Of The Brooder

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   If a roo successfully mounts and inseminates a hen, how many of her subsequent eggs will be fertile? Is it just the next one she lays, or the next few?

    
3. Jan 26, 2010 #2
   

   The Chicken People Chillin' With My Peeps

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   Can be fertile up to two weeks after mating!

    
5. Jan 26, 2010 #3
   

   Illia Crazy for Colors

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   When a hen is mounted, she will collect the sperm and store it for, what I've always heard, about 2-3 weeks. Of course, you shouldn't expect one doing to be what fertilizes them, though. I usually expose the hen for a day or two, then get the eggs. Even if the roo is gone, you should get fertile ones for more than a week.

    

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