Rooster Help

[jeterman02]

I recently discovered that one of my six month old amerecuanaa was a cockerel, and not a pullet, as I believed. Will my rooster fertilize many of the eggs my hens lay, or act aggressively to other hens? He hasn't shown any aggressive behaviors so far.

 

[Basil G]

Well because he's a male then he would fertilize the eggs (and you could hatch the eggs!) Some males are aggressive to humans (and in my case one of my roosters goes after my poor lab) Some roosters are friendly. My other two roosters follow my and want me to carry them. Each rooster is different, I hope you like your rooster.

 

[bobbi-j]

Well because he's a male then he would fertilize the eggs (and you could hatch the eggs!) Some males are aggressive to humans (and in my case one of my roosters goes after my poor lab) Some roosters are friendly. My other two roosters follow my and want me to carry them. Each rooster is different, I hope you like your rooster.

X2 your eggs will be fertilized, and there is no way to know how your rooster will behave. Only time will tell.

 

[jeterman02]

How often will eggs be fertilized?

 

[austinm]

I have 3 amerecuanaa roosters and they are all very aggressive towards all. on the other hand I also have a Baird Rock, and Austrolorp roosters and they are like pets very friendly. I think that the Amerrcuanaa bread is naturally nasty.

 

[Coralietg]

We had two EE roosters. One was extremely aggressive and killed other roosters, the other was very tough mating with the hens and some of them ended up barebacked. We got rid of them both. As others have said, time will tell how your roosters temperament is.

As for eggs, roosters only need to mate every couple of days with each hen, most of the eggs will stay fertile. Hens have an area that stores the sperm for several weeks, to keep eggs fertile.

 

[donrae]

If you have less than 20 or so hens, all your eggs will be fertilized. You'll never be able to tell the difference. Nothing changes in the egg until it's incubated at a hundred degrees for a few days. Millions of folks have eaten fertile eggs for thousands of years and had no issues. I've had roosters in my layer flock for 20 years and never once had a nasty surprise inside. Personally, I believe most folks that say the find an embryo in an egg are actually seeing meat spots.

 

[bobbi-j]

If you have less than 20 or so hens, all your eggs will be fertilized. You'll never be able to tell the difference. Nothing changes in the egg until it's incubated at a hundred degrees for a few days. Millions of folks have eaten fertile eggs for thousands of years and had no issues. I've had roosters in my layer flock for 20 years and never once had a nasty surprise inside. Personally, I believe most folks that say the find an embryo in an egg are actually seeing meat spots. 

That's what I think, too - that they're seeing meat spots. Those can also happen in your unfertilized store bought eggs. Collect your eggs every day and you won't have a problem.