Help! Are these fertilized?!

[augustALIEN]

If I’m not mistaken , aren’t these eggs fertilized? I’m beyond myself because we do not have a “rooster” or at-least we didn’t THINK so .

 

[Painted Calls]

Eggs look fertile to me. You got a roo in there somewhere and this one looks suspicious: posture, tail and poss saddle feathers. How old are they?
Can you get pics from the side, top down and head/neck?
@Overo Mare

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All birds pictured are female. A bullseye doesn't always mean fertile.

 

[NatJ]

Even if almost every egg has the bullseye since they started laying a month ago?

If the uncertainty really bothers you, you could buy an incubator, and put a bunch of eggs in to see if they develop. If they do, you will know there is something very unusual going on (like a rooster who's fooling everyone.) But if they do not develop, it will be another piece of evidence that bullseyes don't always mean fertile eggs.

 

[aart]

A bullseye doesn't always mean fertile.

Ditto Dat.
Since my last cockbird died a couple winters ago, I've learned that a 'bullseye' can happen without a male in the flock.

 

[augustALIEN]

My best personal guess or clue was there is only ONE with no missing feathers from being bred lol. What do you all think?

 

[5 Points Wingfeather]

Whole lot of stuff going on in this thread. Big takeaways:

1. It is absolutely possible to have a bullseye egg without fertilization/rooster.

2. You certainly appear to have only hens.

3. If you don’t want to trust randoms on the internet get a super cheap incubator and stick them in there for a week and see if anything develops. Then you’ll know for sure.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Eggs look fertile to me. You got a roo in there somewhere and this one looks suspicious: posture, tail and poss saddle feathers. How old are they?
Can you get pics from the side, top down and head/neck?
@Overo Mare

 

[fluffycrow]

Ope I just read thr whole post-

Well you definitely got something, a photo of all your birds might help solve this mystery

 

[fluffycrow]

They definitely look like they're being bred by something, some are bare or have minor feather loss at the saddle

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Whatever happened with the previous posts you made about the chicks and suspecting a cockerel? Have you been watching that bird?