Neighbors rooster mating with my hens?

[ben0125]

I have 3 hens currently locked in their coop as they are just new and haven't had their wings clipped. Our neighbors also have some roosters free ranging around our property, I was worried if when I release our hens from the coop if the roosters will try to mate with my hens and have fertile eggs?? My questions are, how can I tell if an egg is fertile , Can you eat fertile eggs, and will roosters mate with my hens?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Back in the dim dark days of human history, in other words about a decade ago give or take a week, fertile eggs were considered a health food. I still don't think that eating fertile eggs will kill you but eating fertile will result in all of your children being born naked. At least all my children came into the world naked.

 

[Aapomp831]

If you have a rooster, more than likely you are always eating fertile eggs.

 

[ben0125]

If you have a rooster, more than likely you are always eating fertile eggs.

Oh, I didnt know that

 

[rosemarythyme]

Nothing wrong with eating fertile eggs and it's unlikely you'll even notice that they're fertilized if you collect eggs regularly.

 

[bobbi-j]

I have 3 hens currently locked in their coop as they are just new and haven't had their wings clipped. Our neighbors also have some roosters free ranging around our property, I was worried if when I release our hens from the coop if the roosters will try to mate with my hens and have fertile eggs?? My questions are, how can I tell if an egg is fertile , Can you eat fertile eggs, and will roosters mate with my hens?

How many roosters are there? I'd be more worried about them harassing your hens and gang breeding them if there are a lot of them. They would run your girls ragged. You might want to consider building them a run and keeping them contained until you figure out how to keep those roosters off your property.

 

[ben0125]

How many roosters are there? I'd be more worried about them harassing your hens and gang breeding them if there are a lot of them. They would run your girls ragged. You might want to consider building them a run and keeping them contained until you figure out how to keep those roosters off your property.

There are 2 roosters and a 5 hens maybe??? I think one of the roosters is a big rhode island red aswell

 

[hlhutchinson]

Back in the dim dark days of human history, in other words about a decade ago give or take a week, fertile eggs were considered a health food. I still don't think that eating fertile eggs will kill you but eating fertile will result in all of your children being born naked. At least all my children came into the world naked.

Oh darn that was just down right funny

And that's why we only ate store bought eggs so that our children would be born fully clothed unlike your heathen kids being born naked

 

[Arya28]

So yes you can eat them...some people just prefer not to.

From what I can tell, there is a little white dot in all egg yolks...when the eggs are fertilized, there is a little white disc around the dot.

If the roosters and the hens have access to each other, within a week I'd say you'll have fertile eggs

 

[sawilliams]

I think my concern would be you hens bonding to one of the roosters and following him back to your neighbors coop and now you have no hens....