How did my hen manage to hatch her eggs?

[CluckerFamily]

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

This is something a family member would do to me.
I would keep my eyes out for a passerby (rooster).
This is very odd! Have you heard any rooster nearby? I can hear roosters a 1/2 mile from my house and farther when the farm fields are clear.

 

[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.

I posted a picture above of the only chickens i have

This is something a family member would do to me.
I would keep my eyes out for a passerby (rooster).
This is very odd! Have you heard any rooster nearby? I can hear roosters a 1/2 mile from my house and farther when the farm fields are clear.

no one near me has roosters and no one in my family sneaked some fertilised eggs in. Im literally the only one that goes in my chickens coop. Those two chicks look a lot like its mother

 

[CluckerFamily]

Then I'm stumped

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Does your other hen lay eggs? I think your other chicken is a boy. Still, watching.

 

[xXJohnNairXx]

Does your other hen lay eggs? I think your other chicken is a boy. Still, watching.

I’m pretty sure this is not a rooster. It has never crowed and it always crouches down when we pet the back which is something hens will do. Idk if it has layed an egg though cuz both these hens sit on the same eggs so some of these eggs could be layed by this white chicken.

 

[chickenhappy1233]

I’m pretty sure this is not a rooster.
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x2 there is no way that that could possibly be a rooster.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Both look like hens.

 

[chickenhappy1233]

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

it is true that some hens can "change sex" but they are still infertile and cannot fertilize a hen

 

[HappyDuckie]

it is true that some hens can "change sex" but they are still infertile and cannot fertilize a hen

Actually, there was a study and the hens that change to roosters fertilized hens, and those fertilized eggs hatched. I'll try and find the article.

 

[HappyDuckie]

Both chickens are hens though. It doesn't look like one changed into a rooster.