How Long Will Eggs Be Fertile From One Rooster For?

[MarissaC]

I wasn't sure how to phrase this question, so let me give you the info.

I bought two Red Shoulder Yokohama hens today. Before this evening, they were housed with a RSY rooster. I was planning on keeping the hens in a pen by themselves for a while so that I'd get the pure RSY eggs (I read that the eggs will be fertile for a week or so).

Unfortunately, the RSY found their way into my Icelandic pen and the Icelandic rooster *possibly* mated them.

So, how long will their eggs be pure RSY? Or will they all just be mixed now?

EDIT:
I do not own the RSY rooster. The lady before me did, but wasn't selling him (dang). So, I don't have any RSY roosters to mate the two hens to.

 

[sourland]

High fertility remains for up to two weeks after a rooster is removed, moderate fertility up to three weeks, and occasional fertility up to 4 weeks.

 

[MarissaC]

High fertility remains for up to two weeks after a rooster is removed, moderate fertility up to three weeks, and occasional fertility up to 4 weeks.

But will they be RSY or Icelandic-RSY mixed?

 

[CayleeMarie03]

It will probably be a mix of both

 

[MarissaC]

So, tomorrow's eggs could produce mixed breed chicks?
Haha, sorry if I'm being difficult! Just trying to understand.

 

[Nsampsel]

So, tomorrow's eggs could produce mixed breed chicks?
Haha, sorry if I'm being difficult! Just trying to understand.

Yes...but there could also be some pure.

 

[MarissaC]

Dang! I'll just hatch them all and hope for the best. Thanks so much! Also, Nsampsel, I looove your icon. It's hilarious!

 

[Nsampsel]

Dang! I'll just hatch them all and hope for the best. Thanks so much! Also, Nsampsel, I looove your icon. It's hilarious!

HeHeHe...swiped it offa Facebook