How do you breed chickens?

[speckledhen]

Then you're just missing the action, I think.

 

[sarahloveschickens]

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well even if i was missing the action.. Why dont I have any fertile eggs?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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well even if i was missing the action.. Why dont I have any fertile eggs?

I just gotta ask... How do you know they aren't fertile?

 

[speckledhen]

I second that. Do you really know they aren't? If they really aren't, then either it's time for a butt fluff trim or your rooster is really a hen, LOL. It's happened with those dang Silkies before-someone thinking they had a rooster.....till roo laid an egg.

 

[DTchickens]

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well even if i was missing the action.. Why dont I have any fertile eggs?

I just gotta ask... How do you know they aren't fertile?

crack em open and look at the egg.. you'll see a white spot in the middle of the orange (yolk), Called a bullseye, or incubate them and wait to see if they ever developed

-Daniel

PS.. thats how you know they ARE

 

[speckledhen]

Well, the white spot must have a ring around it, not just a spot. The only way to know for 100% sure is to incubate about 4 days then candle or crack one open to see the veining.

 

[DTchickens]

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ahhh, never knew that. have been raised around chickens. but they were my dads. so i haven't had but only a few of my own experiences, and everyone just says "white spot", i heard wait for a week and candle

-Daniel

 

[sarahloveschickens]

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I candled them and saw no develpment..
I KNOW my roo is a roo he CROWS...

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Are you trying to incubate them or has a hen been attending to them? How many days in were you trying to candle?

 

[dancingbear]

You may have to trim the fluff around the vents on both the roo and the hens, if it's so thick it's preventing good contact.

But I'd crack open a few eggs, and look at the white spot. (On the surface of the yolk, all eggs have one. If you don't see it, turn the yolk over) Is it just a tiny dot, or does it have a distinct ring around it? It the ring is visible, it's fertile.

I hate to say this, but...you're not looking for a blood spot are you? Those have nothing to do with fertility, it's just blood.