Wait time after changing roosters

[RangeChicks]

How long should you wait after taking one roo out & introducing a new one to collect eggs for hatching?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

2 to 3 weeks

 

[Jedwards]

If you're impatient at times like myself you can always crack an egg open to see if it's fertile every few days, then make an omelet.

 

[RangeChicks]

I just want to be sure that I only get purebreds. The crossbred roo that was living with her has been out for 2 weeks. She was in a molt & not laying. She began laying about a week after he was taken out. The new roo was introduced to her yesterday. We want to start incubating eggs from the new roo as soon as it is "safe". I saw on another thread that possibly as long as 23 days later the eggs hatched were from the previous rooster.

 

[Jedwards]

Ah I see, then definitely wait a good amount of time until all the eggs that were fertilized by him are long gone. I thought you were just lookin for fertile eggs oops

 

[RangeChicks]

I just cracked yesterday's egg from her & it was infertile. Does that mean we now have a fresh start? The roo who was with her was young & she had not been laying since October. She went broody (REALLY broody) and when we finally got that broken, she went into a molt.