I have two roosters and 175 or so hens in my laying flock. If I want good hatching eggs, I have to split the pen, put ten or a dozen of the best girls with the roo for several weeks, do fertility checks on the eggs until they are consistently fertile, and then I can sell my backyard chicken eggs. That means separate water, separate feed, separate roosts, separate nest boxes and the whole deal for as long as I want to collect reliably fertile eggs. For that I charge more.
Or I could leave two roos with the 175 hens, and sell the eggs as table eggs. People do buy them for hatching, and I've hatched many of them. Fertility is lower but still pretty good...those guys get around...but I can't control the pairings if both roos are in with all the hens. I cannot selectively breed anything in that environment and I may be propagating birds that I would cull if showing or breeding by design, but they make fine table egg layers.
Or I could leave two roos with the 175 hens, and sell the eggs as table eggs. People do buy them for hatching, and I've hatched many of them. Fertility is lower but still pretty good...those guys get around...but I can't control the pairings if both roos are in with all the hens. I cannot selectively breed anything in that environment and I may be propagating birds that I would cull if showing or breeding by design, but they make fine table egg layers.