Opinions is this fertile??

[Hedgeland Farms]

I was just wondering if anyone could confirm that this is fertile??

New, young rooster...

(It was already in the dog food when I noticed)

 

[cluckmecoop7]

From what I’ve learned, I don’t think there is a sure way to tell if an egg is fertile unless you incubate it.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

From what I’ve learned, I don’t think there is a sure way to tell if an egg is fertile unless you incubate it.

Ahhh, ok thank you.

I thought I had read something abt a bullseye being present, which is what I believe I see on the yolk

 

[HollowOfWisps]

From what I’ve learned, I don’t think there is a sure way to tell if an egg is fertile unless you incubate it.

You can tell if an egg is fertile based off of seeing a blastoderm (fertile bullseye appearance) or blastodisc (infertile) upon cracking open an egg. When people say you cannot tell if an egg is fertile unless you incubate they mean that if you plan to incubate that particular egg you cannot crack it open to check for a blastoderm so you must incubate and check for development.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Ahhh, ok thank you.

I thought I had read something abt a bullseye being present, which is what I believe I see on the yolk

Yes, bulleye are much more common on fertile eggs but they can also appear on infertile eggs which means you can’t base it solely off of that.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

You can tell if an egg is fertile based off of seeing a blastoderm (fertile bullseye appearance) or blastodisc (infertile) upon cracking open an egg. When people say you cannot tell if an egg is fertile unless you incubate they mean that if you plan to incubate that particular egg you cannot crack it open to check for a blastoderm so you must incubate and check for development.

Yes, bulleye are much more common on fertile eggs but they can also appear on infertile eggs which means you can’t base it solely off of that.

Ohhh, thank you both! That makes sense!
I just happened to notice it, and with a new young cockerel who has started mating I am now
curious as to who he's mating and who he's not lol

 

[Wonder Quails]

It's hard to tell but I think so.