Help determining if these eggs are fertilized

[ChickNoobie]

My Silkie has been laying these. I’ve been noticing the bullseye pattern in them. Does this mean they’re being fertilized?

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Yes

 

[Hatch in chicks]

they are definitely fertile!

 

[ChickNoobie]

Yes

Thanks. I definitely thought so too. But. I actually don’t have a rooster. This Silkie was sexed as a male by the hatchery and started laying eggs with the rest of them. A couple weeks ago. She/he lays every other day. I’ve watched each of my 10 chickens lay eggs and witness no mounting from any of them. I just wanted to make sure someone else thought they were fertile too because this is nuts.

 

[ChickNoobie]

they are definitely fertile!

Awesome! And super weird. I don’t have a rooster. This Silkie was sexed male by the hatchery but lays eggs every other day. I have a small flock and have seen them all lay! I think I have a self-fertile, hermaphroditic chicken but wanted to see if other people agreed they were actually fertile!

 

[picklestheduck]

Awesome! And super weird. I don’t have a rooster. This Silkie was sexed male by the hatchery but lays eggs every other day. I have a small flock and have seen them all lay! I think I have a self-fertile, hermaphroditic chicken but wanted to see if other people agreed they were actually fertile!

Can you post pictures of the chicken? That’s insane!

 

[nuthatched]

They don't look fertile to me, just mottled.

 

[ChickNoobie]

Can you post pictures of the chicken? That’s insane!

I did another thread with pictures. She always looked really feminine to me and I always doubted she was male. But someone must have thought she was male! I was going to chalk it up to a sexing error. But her eggs were so suspicious! A commented on my other thread linked an article about parthenogenesis in poultry that I think could be a possibility here.