OMG! They're at it again!

[judithkorff]

After waiting somewhat over the 30 days I'd estimated they'd need for hatching, and finding that only one had been fertile (and that one didn't completely hatch), I removed all the eggs my girls had been setting about 2 weeks ago. Since then, I've seen the males attempting to breed again (even this late in the season), and today I found 3 eggs in the barn! Why are they restarting the process? I thought once they'd laid for the season, they would stop. I remove the 3 eggs, but am debating whether I should try to incubate them or not. Any chance any of these might be fertile so late in the year?

 

[dave_Cash69]

id try it.

 

[Feathers Acres]

Chickens lay year round, and go broody whenever.

 

[TheNewMrsEvans]

They will keep trying until mid-summer...plus the males will mate my girls even when they aren't laying...horn-ducks

 

[judithkorff]

Thanks! I'll resettle the infertile male back to his "seclusion bower" and let the young boy do HIS thing this time! Keep you posted....

 

[Cottage Rose]

Judith I thought the younger gander was breeding your girls???
Some girls will lay eggs through June.
Some will stop laying after they've set on eggs but some will start up again.

 

[Cottage Rose]

Judith I thought the younger gander was breeding your girls???
Some girls will lay eggs through June.
Some will stop laying after they've set on eggs but some will start up again.