I have a hidden cockerel!!!! Girls are getting beat up...."UPDATE PICS

[k2chickens]

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i have a cuddy cam but i believe it only takes still pictures....its for deer hunting.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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I'm not seeing any bulls eyes, just a few blood spots.

 

[crawfordmama]

Nanny cam!

 

[k2chickens]

Robin'sBrood :

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I'm not seeing any bulls eyes, just a few blood spots.

Yes, after i cracked 2 dozen eggs it was apparent to me that there were none fertilized, i only took that picture to ask what thoes spots were and if they are normal. I took some pics of my hen's backs today...i will upload them and post them here in a few.​

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

I have a barred rock hen that is always "mating" my Australorp hen (only that one?!) she also lays an egg a day, so your might be a hen, especially if none of your eggs are fertile.

 

[shortstaque]

Just for the record, does anyone have a picture of a fertile egg with the bull's eye? I'd like to know what to look for.

 

[blueraspberry]

yeah, whats a fertile egg look like?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Look here to tell fertile or not. Sometimes when you crack the egg it's on the bottom side and you have to flip the yolk over to see. The white speck in the first pic is NOT fertile. The white speck with the bullseye around it on the 2nd and 3rd pics are fertile.

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

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Are you sure that you don't have a feather picker or two? If you don't have a roo and no signs of lice/mites, the next thing that comes to my mind is a picker. Do you have girls that look normal, nothing wrong with their backs? If so, those would be the first ones on my suspect list.

 

[k2chickens]

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hmmm never thought of that...yes the majority of the girls are just fine...but about 5 have bear backs