How do female chickens lay eggs without males?!
A female chicken will lay an egg reguardless if a male chicken is around. However if a male chicken is around she would be more inclined to lay more eggs.
The male chicken after the female has laid the egg will come along and fertilize it and if left alone will hopefully hatch.
Any egg laying animal does not need a male of its species to lay the egg
Answers: Nature.
A female chicken will lay an egg reguardless if a male chicken is around. However if a male chicken is around she would be more inclined to lay more eggs.
The male chicken after the female has laid the egg will come along and fertilize it and if left alone will hopefully hatch.
Any egg laying animal does not need a male of its species to lay the egg
i've always wondered that too.
ask any single how she does it
Just as female humans release an egg each month without it being fertilized. It is created for a male to fertilize, but even if it isn't, she still lays it.
The Egg.
Pullet (female) chicks when hatched are born with very large numbers of underdeveloped ova in the ovary, the ovary being located high up within the abdominal cavity. The number of ova which eventually develop into yolks (ovums) will depend on two basic facts, its genetic breeding & how well each bird is reared.
The ova grow slowly until their diameter is 6mm. As each pullet reaches sexual maturity the rate of growth of the ovum (yolk) is enormously increased at the rate of 6mm per day, the fully formed yolk takes seven days to develop from 6mm to full ripeness.
When fully ripe, the follicle splits along the line of stigma, releasing the yolk from the ovary, the ruptured follicle later degenerates.
As the yolk is released, it is drawn towards the oviducts funnel enterance by the repeated advances and recessions of the rim of the funnel, and on entry it is gradually propelled down the oviduct by a series of peristaltic waves. Once in the magnum, the yolk is wrapped by the thick albumen which forms about half the egg white in total. At the same time the spiralling action causes two white cords to become attached to either end of the yolk, these are the chalazae which anchor the yolk to the final egg.
The next state stage is at the isthumus, where the shell membranes are deposited in the form of liquid threads which interweave and solidify to form continuous membranes, the outer membrane is thicker than the inner & they lie together except where the air scak appears.
The partially formed egg now passes down to the uterus (shell gland) where the shell is laid down, and it is during this process that the thin albumen is drawn in by way of osmosis through the shell to complete the egg. The final stage is just before the egg is laid, pigmentation is added. After this the cuticle covers the finished product and is the final protective barrier to prevent bacteria from passing through the egg.
A rooster is not needed for the hen to lay eggs, a roosters only task in life is to provide a mating & thus, a collection of sperm which can be retained by the hen & fertilise up to 10 eggs before she will mate again, if the eggs are to be hatched.
Women have menstrual cycles if not fertilized we shed (bleed)
A hen on the other hand just lays her egg whether or not it is fertilized
If fertilized and cared for a new chick will hatch, if unfertile nothing will hatch
If you have chickens and you want to make baby chickens you must have a male in the bunch to fertilize the eggs.....if you have chickens just for eggs .....no male is needed....
Hens always have eggs in different stages of development it drops into an area were fertilization can take place with sperm that is stored for up to 3 weeks in the hen.
...so a mating isn't necessary each time for each fertilized egg.....
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We raised chickens when I was growing up on a small dirt farm in Oregon. We raised them for meat and for eggs. We raised EVERYTHING we ate.
And yes, chickens, or Hens, lay eggs regardless of whether there is a Rooster around or not. The Roosters are there to 'fertilize' the eggs when you want there to be MORE chickens. The eggs sold in the grocery are NOT fertilized as the Hens and Roosters are separated after hatching.
Hen do tend to lay more often when in the company of a Rooster. It's the 'procreate' instinct.