first mother hens

[natalie78163]

I have a new mother in and she layed her first egg but I saw the rooster walk all over it and it seem she didnt care for the egg so I wonder is this cause maybe the rooster didnt make the egg with her cause I use laying feed does this matter? And this is a stupid question but a baby chick cannot be made if she makes an egg on her own with laying feed? Or can it be? Can someone help me plz!

 

[gritsar]

The eggs are not important to them unless the hen goes broody and wants to hatch. A hen that is laying eggs should be on layer feed.

 

[Judy]

And many hens will never go broody. The egg will be fertile, and hatch into a chick if incubated, most any time a rooster and hen are housed together. It's a matter of whether he mates with her and whether the structures are working correctly -- the rooster is fertile, etc. The vast majority of the time, things work correctly.