Fertilized egg possibility from deceased rooster

[bambi]

No, sorry but I never took his picture.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

But I assume he looked like this?

Cute. They’re beautiful birds!

 

[bambi]

But I assume he looked like this?View attachment 2857769
Cute. They’re beautiful birds!

Yes, that looks like him but he was a standard size bird. He was truly a good rooster and I hope to get one of his babies if they are viable

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

Do you have any eggs from a few days ago too? (Younger than a week) Or just super fresh eggs? (Today's)

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Yes, that looks like him but he was a standard size bird. He was truly a good rooster and I hope to get one of his babies if they are viable

Standard size? I don’t think he was an Old English then. More likely a Bielefelder.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Bielefelder

 

[3KillerBs]

Yes, he is the only Rooster. So 14 days would be the cut-off time then do you think?

It's possible to go even longer -- even 3-4 weeks -- and I have 4 black pullets to prove it.

Good luck!

 

[bambi]

Bielefelder View attachment 2858378

That is him! and all this time I thought he was an OLd English lol, thank you for sharing with me.

 

[bambi]

It's possible to go even longer -- even 3-4 weeks -- and I have 4 black pullets to prove it.

Good luck!

thank you for the luck

 

[Ridgerunner]

In the last part of the mating act, the rooster hops off, his part is done. The hen stands up, fluffs up, and shakes. This fluffy shake gets the sperm in a special contained inside the hen near where the egg starts its journey through her internal egg making factory. That sperm can remain viable and be able to fertilize an egg for about 9 days all the way to over three weeks. There is no set time that the sperm will remain viable, it can vary from hen to hen and rooster to rooster. And this timing is after a successful mating. Not every rooster mates with every hen in his flock every day so I can't give you any guarantees.

I don't know how many hens you have laying or how many chicks you want to hatch. You don't know how many will hatch or how many will be boys or girls. You can store eggs for a week or so with no real loss in viability as long as you don't get them too hot or cold and turn them a few times a day. If you store them perfectly they can go two weeks but I wouldn't go over a week.

In your situation I'd collect all the eggs I wanted that hen to hatch, then start them all under the broody hen at the same time. Do not add any eggs later, you do not want a staggered hatch. Those are too stressful and often not that successful, especially under a broody hen.

I don't know how much experience you have with a broody hen. You have different options about isolating a broody or hatching with the flock. If you want to chat about any of those let us know.

I think you have an excellent chance of most of those eggs being fertile if you start collecting them today and collect for the next few days. Let us know how it goes.