jpwebb 0 Posted January 5, 2011 Member ID: 6,445 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 49 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 495 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 3, 2012 Birthday: 21/01/1997 Share Posted January 5, 2011 if a hen is infertile will she still lay the eggs with nothing in them or will nothing happen Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted January 5, 2011 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted January 5, 2011 She will lay infertile eggs as far as I know Link to comment
Dean_NZ 0 Posted January 6, 2011 Member ID: 4,879 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 974 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 18, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 It is rare for a hen to be infertile. It is also actually quite rare for a cock to be genuinely infertile (as opposed to not in season as the testicles shrink/shrivel up when the males are not in season but while they are technically not producing sperm, they are simply out of season rather than clinically infertile). Often infertile/clear eggs result from males being out of season, or in season but not mating properly. I have heard very few cases of hens being infertile and having checked semen myself from 'infertile' cock birds and found it full of live sperm I believe many 'infertile' cocks are simply cocks that lack the drive/personality or have missed the opportunity to mate successfully (poor perches, box bound hen, nervous hen, vicious hen etc etc). Link to comment
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