Will a rooster breed hens in the winter??

[Newchickenguy]

Do roosters breed there hens just in spring or will they breed them year round even in the winter? Will putting the rooster in a lighted coop make him breed his hens in the winter or do they breed them year round, and just more in the spring??

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

I have experience that mine will breed in the winter, but not as much as in the spring and summer. We keep a heat lamp on most of the time, so I don't know if it has anything to do with that.

 

[imogene08]

Rooster mate all year long Winter or summer.Adding extra light won't make your rooster breed anymore but might make hens lay more.

 

[imogene08]

Roosters**

 

[Newchickenguy]

So if incubate my eggs in the winter they should be fertile as long as my rooster is ok and I don't have too many hens on him. I only have 7 hens. Do you think my eggs will be fertile?

 

[Newchickenguy]

Anyone?

 

[MEMama3]

They should be. A rooster will mate anytime a female is available (I will refrain from making comparisons lol). Many people hatch year round. Two of my girls are from a January hatch and my silkie is sitting on a dozen leghorn eggs as we speak.

 

[Newchickenguy]

Thank you Meme I didn't know chickens mated year round. Like my name implies I am new to chickens.

 

[MEMama3]

Well we're glad to have you and this site is a wealth of knowledge.