How is it that my eggs are still fertile?

[BookWorm243]

I need some help on this, I just cant figure this one out.
I posted this back on 2/4/2011
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=448005
At that time my rooster had been gone a month. I am now still getting fertile eggs! I have not gotten any new roosters since than and I never see any roosters in our yard. None of our neighbors have chickens either

How is it possible that I am still getting fertile eggs?

Thanks!

 

[yotetrapper]

Can you get some better pics? I'm not even sure the eggs in the original pic are fertile.....

 

[dianaross77]

Hens can store sperm for a really long time. Can't remember how long what I read said but it was longer than a month.

 

[aggie9296]

According to the Miss State Ag extension website, the eggs can be fertilized up to 4 weeks after removal of the rooster due to storage of the semen in the oviduct. http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/poultry_long_hens.html

If you are still having fertilized eggs, you may have a Secret Santa Roo in the bunch. Or your girls are stepping out on you.

 

[BookWorm243]

This is the only picture I could get ( my camera sucks ) I am sure that they are fertile. They have a clear bulls eye in the middle of the eggs. My hens eggs have looked this way since we first got the rooster we had. I have 3 full grown hens right now. 2 are laying me an egg a day and the other one we purchased a couple weeks ago and is 2 years old ( currently not laying ) My hens stay in the flat part of our yard and I have not seen any rooster around

 

[wannabchick]

So the little whiten thing means fertilized

Man I crack those eggs open all the time from the store..

I should try incubating them..hehehhe

 

[GAchick]

No, the little white thing does not mean fertilised. I'm not convinced that the picture shows a fertilised egg. I can't see a very clear 'hole' in the center of the white spot.

 

[aggie9296]

My non-fertilized eggs have that same spot (never had a rooster around). They don't appear to be fertilized.

 

[aggie9296]

Here is an old post with pics of fertile and non-fertile eggs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

The last pic shows a definite clear area inside the white spot.