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Stay safe, everyone!
I'm really glad to have a RIR/ee roo now! Hoping to get some Olive eggers or green eggers hatched out this year(There are Marans and ee hens in the tractor). This was sweet luck!
I talked with an old timer today who explained the egg assembly line to me.
He detailed the life of an an egg from time of fertilization, to actually being laid and told me it takes
28 days. Does this sound right?
It takes approx.
26 HRS. for an egg to go thru the assbly. line
Jeff
Ok Maybe I misunderstood the ? here's the part I answered underlined and in italics. The taking of 28 days is way out there to me as there are a lot of factors involved that is way deep science as far as that goes. As far as when the actual egg drops from the ovary into the infundibulum to the time its laid is 26 hrs. as far as from when its fertilized may be less than that I don't have my info in front of me know of exactly the time that the ova is fertilized but it is early on in the "assembly line" that fertilization takes place, not way back in the ova developmental stage in the ovary.
Jeff
I see where this was headed I think is how long can the eggs be fertile, maybe? The hen can hold the semen and it be viable for up to 3 to 4 weeks(28 days) that's pretty much a (given) standard in the poultry world, but it really can be longer than that sometimes or shorter too. If newer (fresh semen is introduced) like say from another rooster it will most probly be the new semen that fertilizes the egg as the little swimmers are more viable and active than the older stored semen. Its a very deep subject but interesting one if one is enthused to study.
Here's an example of how long a hen can store semen from another rooster and it still "crop out" later on
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/ChickMixG/BRKMixed2.html
Go down to the 7th pic. posted of the rooster named
"Cull" and read of his how-abouts (history) of coming into existence. Pretty neat I think.
