Fertilized eggs? Roosters in hutch hen jst started laying can she have fertilized eggs?

Question

I know this is alot but please help me with whatever you can. THANK YOU!

I have a hen and a rooster she just started laying, today will be her 4th egg. Is it too soon for her to have fertilized eggs? do you have to incubate the eggs befor candleing because i tried to candle them with a flashlight and saw nothing but they are brown eggs is candleing a brown egg harder or do i just have to incubate them so the spot will be bigger? would she sit on them if i left them there?(i took them out because i want to give the rooster away and im afraid of him forming the habbit of cracking eggs and becoming an unwanted rooster) I'm trying to get rid of the rooster but havnt found a home yet but I need to find out if these eggs are fertile or not PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

now she can fertilize now yes you need to incubate them first as to make the spot bigger and yes a brown egg is harder to candle than a white egg but it is easier after incubating cause the spot is bigger than

Answer 2

Not only is it possible that the eggs have been fertilized, but you can count on it. You won't see much, if any differences in the eggs unless they are being incubated by either you or the hen. A good way to candle eggs is to get a cardboard box large enough to hold small electric lamp. Cut an egg shaped hole in the box, just slightly smaller than an egg. Put the bare electric bulb behind your hole and hold your egg up to the hole. It will candle brown eggs as well. A good home for your rooster would be your dinner table. If it is a pet, keep trying to find it a good home, but in the mean time your eggs are perfectly good. Collect them daily and put them in the refrigerator. You can see when you candle them that they will be clear, but they will be fertile. A young hen that has just started laying will not likely start brooding the eggs. If you want her to hatch eggs, find two or three "nest" eggs and put one in the nest when you take the real egg out. When she starts setting the eggs you will observe her on the nest all of the time, then you can leave her eggs in the nest and remove the nest eggs. If this is what you want, of course, you can't get rid of your rooster. Just gather the eggs daily and eat them until she starts brooding her eggs, and your rooster won't get the habit of breaking the eggs.

Answer 3

HENS CAN RETAIN SPERM FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS AND FERTILIZE THEIR EGGS WITH IT. SO YES DEPENDING ON HOW LONG FOGHORN LEGHORN HAS BEEN LOCKED UP. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE.

Answer 4

wait for a week before breaking one  of the eggs ,if you  see a dark sport in the york then it is fertilised.normally the hen will do the hatching ,keep that rooster away from those hatched eggs.

Answer 5

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