Help! Are these fertilized?!

[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.

 

[mrsp523]

Have you ever gotten 4 eggs in one day? That could be the simple answer. 4 hens/4 eggs. We have gone almost a year once with no rooster, and most of our eggs still had the bullseye even though we knew they could not be fertile with no male around that long. I’m invested either way in outcome. They look like hens, one looked to have some longer tail feathers that were dropped over rather than erect like the others , it was the one with the missing circle of feathers on back.

 

[The Birb King]

I know at least one is fertile. I cant really see anything on the others.

 

[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.

 

[augustALIEN]

Got some fresh photos. Posting now.

 

[NatJ]

Got some fresh photos. Posting now.

All four look female to me in those photos (and in all previous photos).

Have you ever gotten 4 eggs in one day? That could be the simple answer. 4 hens/4 eggs.

That is a very good point. Have you ever gotten 4 eggs in one day? That would mean that all 4 are laying (which would mean they are all female).

 

[NatJ]

You could hang around and see if one is mating... I have an Aemeraucana that everyone thought was a pullet, but turned out to be a late bloomer that doesn't crow!
Or maybe your neighbor has a secret that is getting out to visit the ladies...

Unfortunately, that is not completely reliable either.

I've had all-female flocks with some pretty convincing "mating" going on. But every bird laid eggs (checked by separating them into individual cages), and no eggs from such a flock have ever developed chicks for me when incubated.

 

[ChicFil- A]

Please tell me which one you think is a roo because they were born august 7th and have been laying for almost a month. I purchased what I was told were all pullet chicks and then last month someone said yep they are all girls. I’m so dumbfounded right now.

I’m sorry, it’s not funny but that happened to me also, I wanted one good roo! We go 4 what a mess! I rehomed all but 1… At the hatcheries like anything else your product is just as good as the people doing the job… people are not concerned and most people now days do not take pride in their work ethic. It happens very often.

 

[augustALIEN]

I usually only get 3 eggs it seems.

 

[NatJ]

I usually only get 3 eggs it seems.

Hmm. That could mean only 3 layers, or it could mean 4 taking turns. I don't know which is more likely.

Edit: you can check to see if they are probably all laying.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

The basic idea is to check the vent, and two little bony ends just below it. If all four match, they are all laying. If one is not laying, the differences will probably be quite obvious (a non-layer will have a vent small, puckered, looks dry; and the bones close together.)