We have a rooster?

[AidynElyMama]

I have been under the impression that we have a coop full of ladies, but apparently, I was wrong. I have had three fertilized eggs this week! The problem is....

There is no crowing. I haven't seen any obvious mating going on. I see no combs or spurs bigger than the rest. This mystery rooster is blending into the crowd somehow!

I feel like I am going nuts. Any advice or some way to find this guy that I have overlooked?

TIA

 

[chicks4kids]

What makes you think that your eggs are fertilized??

 

[AidynElyMama]

They have the bloody speck in them, two were just the beginning dot, the other was much larger.

 

[Chick1043]

I have you ever seen on of your birds mate with another? I'm really confused by this. Can you take pics of fertilized eggs so we can see?

 

[AidynElyMama]

 

[crazy4spurs]

One of my eggs had a large blood spot the other day and I did research and read that the blood spot doesn't mean that they are fertile...just means that a blood vessel burst during the laying process. But I am really really new to this and not completely sure. I am 98% sure I have all girls, but I guess one never knows

 

[AidynElyMama]

Quote:
That makes me feel better. Growing up, I remember my mom telling me that a small blood dot meant it was fertilized...but maybe that isn't the case here!

 

[crazy4spurs]

Your picture is exactly what I had the other morning. I am leaning on the "not fertilized" egg scenario....makes me feel better too

 

[AidynElyMama]

Thank you

 

[Lothiriel]

No, blood spots don't mean the eggs are fertilized. I don't have a rooster and some of my girls will lay eggs like that -- big spots, small spots, 1 or 2, or what seems like a million.