Incubators Anonymous

[OffGridMAMA]

i had to zip the file to load it
Amazing Penny Hen

[ATTACHMENT=552]Until that Rooster.zip (2,226k. zip file)[/ATTACHMENT]

Yaaay! I am teaching this to my Brownie troop Lol

 

[dutchbunny83]

Hypothetical Question--
Can I rooster fertilize eggs before he starts crowing?

I have a trio of lavender orpingtons that are 24 weeks old. Still no eggs (none from my one Marans that's the same age either), but no crowing from the rooster yet either. He clucks like the girls (yes I'm positive it's a roo) so I'm hoping he somehow never starts? Wishful thinking I know, but I'd love to get some fertile eggs from him before he has to go (we're in city limits so no roosters).

 

[Runawaylobster]

Hypothetical Question--
Can I rooster fertilize eggs before he starts crowing?

I have a trio of lavender orpingtons that are 24 weeks old. Still no eggs (none from my one Marans that's the same age either), but no crowing from the rooster yet either. He clucks like the girls (yes I'm positive it's a roo) so I'm hoping he somehow never starts? Wishful thinking I know, but I'd love to get some fertile eggs from him before he has to go (we're in city limits so no roosters).

If you see him mating the hens then usually that means he is good to go, i have had some roos fertile at 4 months but they were Marans. My Lav Orpington roos are looking really girly as well, mine are about 15 weeks.. it took forever for me to even be able to figure out who was a boy, with the BCM's i can almost tell at hatch.. (not so much with the other Marans though)..

 

[Flowerbh]

Yaaay! I am teaching this to my Brownie troop

Lol

I have this song now stuck in my mind! I sing it in the shower, as I drive down the road, as I cook! Ugh! But, thanks, Penny Hen, it is an 'oh so true' song and was right on as if singing about my rooster!

 

[Flowerbh]

If you see him mating the hens then usually that means he is good to go, i have had some roos fertile at 4 months but they were Marans. My Lav Orpington roos are looking really girly as well, mine are about 15 weeks.. it took forever for me to even be able to figure out who was a boy, with the BCM's i can almost tell at hatch.. (not so much with the other Marans though)..

My crazy roo was 'getting' everything that moved by the time we gave him away at 19 weeks! I hatched 22 chicks from him two weeks ago! Yes, he was the dad....(only rooster I had!) I hatched a few eggs from hens who started laying AFTER he was gone. I saw him on those hens before they started laying and I know that the sperm are good for up to two weeks, so I tried those eggs, and I got chicks! One of this roosters son already has a pink comb and I can see wattles and he is only 2 weeks old! Talk about an early mature! Taking after his dad for sure!

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: No different then humans Male species have the sperm from the get go its the female who has to develop the eggs .

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: Ouch i ordered mine from James Marie Farms
I hope i get a good hatch im working on it so your eggs wont arrive till after your gone ? wish i lived closer if pick them up and hatch for you

 

[chiqita]

James Marie quail are wonderful! You will love them.

 

[ozexpat]

No different then humans Male species have the sperm from the get go its the female who has to develop the eggs .

I am not sure that is correct.

My understanding is that a woman, and a chicken, is born with all the eggs she will ever have while sperm in a human is produced continually once they reach sexual maturity. For humans, entire process of spermatogenesis takes 74 days. Including the transport on ductal system, it takes 3 months. Testes produce 200 to 300 million sperms daily. I am not sire how long it takes in a rooster.

The ova in a woman, or a chicken, are not released until the hormones kick in, such as follicle stimulating hormone, which is primarily responsible for stimulating growth of the ovarian follicle, which includes the developing egg, the cells surrounding the egg that produce the hormones needed to support a pregnancy, and the fluid around the egg. Luetenizing hormone also helps to increase the amount of estrogen produced by the follicle cells. However, its main function is to cause ovulation. The sharp rise in the blood level of LH that triggers ovulation is called the LH surge.

 

[Tammy N]

Quote: the womens eggs have to mature your right i did say that incorrecty but males have semon that is ready to go since birth or thats what i was told when a 3 month old kitten knocked up a 2 yr old cat only male i had at the time . non of my cats are allowed out side so i really was blown away