Some one told me that chicken lays 1-2 eggs per day without the help of a Rooster. I thought that a Hen has to have sex for it to lay eggs. Is this true? I'm not a country boy and never ever seen a live chicken or Hen or is that the same thing?
2006-09-24 12:15:01 · 4 answers · asked by Tigger-Tiger 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No you don't have to have a rooster for a hen to lay a egg, but for the egg to hatch there has to be a rooster to mate with the hen, the hen has to set on the nest for 21 days after she has laid out setting of eggs.
2006-09-24 12:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hens are adult female chickens. Chickens are the most common bird on the planet (40 billion killed to be eaten by humans every year!), so I am amazed you haven't seen one. I have 4 in my back yard at home. They can ay eggs with or without sex. Those laid without obviously are not fertile and cannot hatch chicks. The taste and appearance of a non-fertile and fertile egg is identical. Hen can lay only one egg per day maximum. At peak laying performance, 5 per week is normal. As they get older than 2 years, the number will drop to 2-5, depending on season (fewer in winter) and food supply.
2006-09-25 04:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have three hens and they each laid one egg a day. We did not have a rooster. You only need a rooster if you want the eggs to fertilize, in which case I assume the rooster bonks the hen and its fertilized before its laid.
The same way women produce eggs every month, if they arent fertilized, they are shed with the womans period. This is effectively what the hen does every day instead of monthly.
But its egg comes out of the body to develop as it would be too heavy for the mother bird to fly if the egg fertilized inside her.
2006-09-24 19:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by lozzielaws 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Egg production improves with the mere presence of a rooster, not the act of mating. Strange but true.
2006-09-24 19:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋