Is this FERTILIZED? POSSIBLE ROO PICTURES ADDED

[cheeptrick]

I just cracked this EGG and found this bullseye! I've been told I've only got girls! I've been suspecting that they were wrong for quite some time now!
Does this confirm that I've a ROO amongst the bunch? I've 24 EE's...got 11 eggs yesterday! 26 weeks old the whole flock!

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[cheeptrick]

I have never seen any mating also!

 

[speckledhen]

Wow, that does appear fertile to me. Hmm, who's the imposter??

 

[cheeptrick]

I have NO idea who he is...maybe it's the wild pheasant I've been chasing out of my yard!! LOL
I'm glad...I wanted a roo! I'll definitely keep a closer eye now...see if I can 'out' him!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

It sure does *look* like a fertilized egg.

Lisa

 

[cheeptrick]

I'm goin' to join the incubators now I think!

 

[Sherris Backyard Beauties]

Just wondering, I'm new at this and it looks like a regular egg, How can you tell from this yolk. I've been getting eggs from my chickens and I wouldn't be able to tell if it was fertile or not.

 

[Chellester]

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See the white dot within the white circle on the lower part of the yolk? That indicates the egg is fertile, and is referred to as the "bullseye". If it was not fertile, it would just be a white dot without a white circle.

cheeptrick, keep us posted, and once you figure out who the "culprit" is, post some pics of him and the rest of the flock so we can compare!

 

[texaschickmama]

Yeah, I want to see the sneaky little guy.

 

[cheeptrick]

Well...today I sat in the coop with a black sharpie marker and when a HEN laid...I colored her toenail black. Figured the RED marker wouldn't be a good idea because I didn't want them to start pecking each other!

I got 12 eggs today...and marked 12 birds. I'm still wondering myself who the sneaky devil is. I had a thought...12 hens and 12 roosters!

If there are 12 roosters...I've got the nicest GENTLEMEN roosters EVER!

QUESTION?? Will a ROOSTER squat like hens do when you approach them around laying age?