Fertilized Egg

[Avian Allie]

Number three does look a little suspicious to me, the tail is curving ever so slightly. It might just be the angle, but he would be my number one suspect. I have had a fertilized duck egg before I got my drake, but my one rooster was a big fan of the Muscovy so I assumed it was him. Maybe if you have other poultry around, that would be my only other guess.

 

[waltersr07]

Wow weird, that really does look fertilised!
How long have you had her? Any suspicious other 'hen' behaviour from your others?

No. I guess I am going to assume she lays weird eggs.
Although this is a time I really wish I had an incubator or a broody lol.

 

[waltersr07]

Wow weird, that really does look fertilised!
How long have you had her? Any suspicious other 'hen' behaviour from your others?

She is about 6 months old. I have had her since she was hatched.

 

[featherhead007]

No. I guess I am going to assume she lays weird eggs.
Although this is a time I really wish I had an incubator or a broody lol.

You know what it means to assume?

 

[waltersr07]

You know what it means to assume?

Lol! But I don't have a rooster and there aren't any around me soooooo I don't know what else it could be. Here is a third egg of hers that I got this morning. I feel like a crazy person lol

 

[SulkyBantam]

Hmmm. Well that's pretty much a phenomenon because in any other situation I would say fertilised, no doubt at all.

Keep an eye out for any more!

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Those eggs look clear as day fertilized to me! Looks like we have a mystery on our hands. My first guess is you have an undercover rooster! Do you have any neighbors??

 

[SulkyBantam]

Those eggs look clear as day fertilized to me! Looks like we have a mystery on our hands. My first guess is you have an undercover rooster! Do you have any neighbors??

Well OP said they were the only chicken keepers in the neighbourhood. But I agree!

 

[featherhead007]

Is there a rooster fraternity bldg. near your hen sorority? Things do happen.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Well OP said they were the only chicken keepers in the neighbourhood. But I agree!

In my region I could never imagine a roaming rooster or hen, but I know it's happened elsewhere. I kinda thought chicken #2 looked rooster-ish in OPs pictures, but I'm useless at guessing chicken genders! What I do know from my own experiences is all of mine have crowed by the age of 3 to 3.5 months, way before six months of age.