No fertile eggs.

[Harris14]

I have over twenty hens and have noticed I haven’t gotten any fertile eggs. Three of these girls went broody last year but now the eggs aren’t fertile. I’ve checked a bunch of them. What could be the problem?

 

[Tonyroo]

How many roosters do you have?

 

[nuthatched]

Do you have any roosters? Brooding means nothing for fertility

 

[NatJ]

Three of these girls went broody last year but now the eggs aren’t fertile.

When they went broody last year, did any chicks hatch from the eggs?

 

[Harris14]

How many roosters do you have?

2 roosters

 

[Harris14]

When they went broody last year, did any chicks hatch from the eggs?

Yes we had lots of chicks last year.

 

[Harris14]

Do you have any roosters? Brooding means nothing for fertility

Yes I have 2 roosters. Hatched off chicks last year but this year every egg I’ve checked is not fertile.

 

[nuthatched]

Yes I have 2 roosters. Hatched off chicks last year but this year every egg I’ve checked is not fertile.

Could the chickens be too fluffy? Have you seen them breeding?

 

[aart]

Yes we had lots of chicks last year.

But with different males than you have now?

 

[Harris14]

Could the chickens be too fluffy? Have you seen them breeding?

Yeah I’ve seen them breeding. It’s possible they could be to fluffy.