Is this egg fertile???

[Chicken101Elena]

I have a 4 month old rooster he doesn’t crow yet or have spurs yet and he is with one hen. I decided to crack an egg open and see what’s inside and I’m just wondering if it’s fertile or not

 

[Chef JimmyJ]

To my Old Eyes, it looks like a Faint Ring around the Dot. I'd say Maybe. But I would let younger eyes confirm...JJ

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Not fertile. And I wouldn't incubate any eggs from a rooster until at least 6 months of age. 1 year is better.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

To my Old Eyes, it looks like a Faint Ring around the Dot. I'd say Maybe. But I would let younger eyes confirm...JJ

I have old eyes too and even have trouble determining fertility of my eggs with a magnifying glass. But I don't see a halo.

 

[Chef JimmyJ]

So there you go. Thanks for the confirmation...JJ

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

To me I can see a faint ring around it, I cracked some from my Bantams eggs that didn't have a very visible ring and put some in the incubator. They hatched regardless of that so were definitely fertile.

If you are wanting to hatch some I wouldn't say there is any reason why you couldn't give these eggs a go. Then you'll find your answer as to if they definitely are fertile or not if some development starts.

If no development starts then there's a high chance they were never fertile and you know to wait till your Cockerel matures.

I do usually wait till my boys are matured/fully grown before I start hatching eggs from them but even then, sometimes you can end up with infertile eggs.