Do you have to have a rooster, to get fresh farm eggs from a chicken(hen)?!
Do you have to have a rooster, to get fresh farm eggs from a chicken(hen)?
Is a rooster required to have a hen house that produces eatable fresh eggs
Answers:
No, not at all. The Hen's lay eggs all on their own. The rooster can Fertilize the eggs and that means that if the Hens were allowed to keep those eggs and sit on them to keep them warm, they would eventually hatch with baby chicks.
Many people that have access to fresh eggs prefer the unfertilized eggs ( without a rooster around). They taste the same to me, but you can sometimes see a little blood spot on the yellow part of the egg when it has been fertilized.
I had 14 chickens that I kept for eggs, I was given a few chicks that grew up and turned out to be roosters, they were mean to the chickens so we had to get rid of the roosters ( there were 2; too many roosters in the hen house)
No, they just won't be fertilized eggs which doesn't matter if you're going to eat them.
NO. The egg we eat is the unfertilized egg of a hen
Absolutely not. this is themost common error in egg production. the hens will lay exactly the same amount of eggs or more without a rooster. You will only need one to fertilize eggs for incubation. The majority of the grocery store eggs you buy are from hens that have never seen a rooster. If you get a rooster have at least ten hens for each one to avoid nonstop ****fights.
NO. Hens lay eggs regardless of whether a rooster is present or not. If you want fertile eggs for hatching, you will need to have a rooster mating with the hen.