What is this?!

[April Barta]

Does this look like a fertilized egg? I shouldn’t have any since I have no cockerels. But this stood out to me today when I was making breakfast.

 

[Clubber1234]

Looks fertilized to me.

 

[bobbi-j]

If you have no males, it’s not fertilized (unless somehow a male has access to your hens and you don’t know it).

 

[April Barta]

Myself and my neighbor have all pullets/hens. There’s a roo a few houses down but I’ve never seen any other birds in our yard. There’s no way it’s fertilized. But it LOOKS like it is, right?

 

[Conan]

Myself and my neighbor have all pullets/hens. There’s a roo a few houses down but I’ve never seen any other birds in our yard. There’s no way it’s fertilized. But it LOOKS like it is, right?

It does... it also looks delicious.

 

[pennyJo1960]

sure he isn't visiting when your not looking do your girls free range
at all

 

[April Barta]

It does... it also looks delicious.

It was delicious!! It was a bantam egg. My girls are fenced in by 5 ft fencing in a 50 x 50 ish area. We clipped one side of their wings so they would stop going to other neighbors yards (about 2 months ago) and they stay pretty visible. I probably look out to them every hour or so and have never seen any other birds out there. My ladies don’t let anything in their yard! Crows especially. Once one of our neighbors chicken came over and they chased her around yelling and jumping on top of her. Lol. If it’s not a visiting rooster... what else could it be?

 

[aart]

How fresh was the egg?
There was some discussion about this in the last couple years.....
someone had a viable explanation, but darned if I can remember what the conclusion was.

 

[April Barta]

Probably within days. We go through our eggs pretty quick. Either giving/selling them or eating them ourselves. Nothing is even 4 days old.

 

[GC-Raptor]

If it’s not a visiting rooster... what else could it be?

A Chickadee? I have Sparrows and Chickadees visit my chickens pen when I toss out seeds as a treat. You never know. GC