How did my hen manage to hatch her eggs?

[xXJohnNairXx]

I have this hen which i got like 6 months ago from the farm and the eggs she layed when we first got her did not hatch, but 6 months later she managed to make 2 chicks hatch. How is this possible if there is no rooster or can hens lay ferilised eggs after mating (when she was at the farm with other roosters) from months ago? The only other chicken staying with this hen is another hen, we have no roosters.

 

[HappyDuckie]

Are you positive the other chicken is a hen? Do you have neighbors that own chickens? Hens can retain roosters sperm for 2 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. So there is no way it could lay fertile eggs from 6 months ago.

 

[xXJohnNairXx]

Are you positive the other chicken is a hen? Do you have neighbors that own chickens? Hens can retain roosters sperm for 2 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. So there is no way it could lay fertile eggs from 6 months ago.

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Are you positive the other chicken is a hen? Do you have neighbors that own chickens? Hens can retain roosters sperm for 2 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. So there is no way it could lay fertile eggs from 6 months ago.

X2, you may have a stray rooster or something. 2 weeks is normal, 3 would be a stretch. 6 months should be impossible.

 

[xXJohnNairXx]

The other chicken is definitely a hen and no we dont have neighbours with chickens. These are the only two hens we have and the brown goldish hen (Amercauna?) is the one who hatched these two chicks

 

[BigBlueHen53]

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Okay, I’m stumped.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Any chance someone put two fertile eggs under this hen?

 

[xXJohnNairXx]

Any chance someone put two fertile eggs under this hen?

No im 100% sure no one did, no one else comes to my backyard where these chickens stay

 

[esme13]

Hmm, this is so interesting I have never heard of that length in time, but I’ve recently come to learn some hens can sex change