How long can roosters stuff stay inside and fertilize eggs?

[LunaMarieWolf]

I had 2 roosters. One barred rock/ EE mix, Danny and one New Hampshire, Hammy.

I sold Danny June 13 in the early morning.

I collected eggs from the 14- 19. And started incubating them. Some of them are starting to hatch.

So I have collected eggs from some of my Barred Rock hens and they are getting ready to hatch.

How long does the roosters stuff stay inside a hen? Is there any way that the eggs I collected won't have the barred rock coloration?

Note: the egg I collected on June 14 hatched and it is a barred rock.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Hens can stay fertilized from a mating for 2 weeks for sure. There have been reports of fertilization at 3 to 3 1/2 weeks, but that is rare!

 

[LunaMarieWolf]

Hens can stay fertilized from a mating for 2 weeks for sure. There have been reports of fertilization at 3 to 3 1/2 weeks, but that is rare!

Oh goodness! Welp, just gotta wait and see I guess.

Hopefully Hammy was able to sneak his way around.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Oh goodness! Welp, just gotta wait and see I guess.

Hopefully Hammy was able to sneak his way around.

It makes it difficult, if not impossible, to know who the daddy is when you have more than one rooster actively mating with the hens!

 

[Gray Farms]

Its not uncommon for hens to store "rooster juice" for over 30 days. I always recommend separating for at least 5 weeks if you want pure chicks.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Oh goodness! Welp, just gotta wait and see I guess.

Hopefully Hammy was able to sneak his way around.

If she doesn't like Hammy she can "reject and eject" his sperm! See this story:
https://www.livescience.com/15828-chickens-eject-sperm.html