I found in a chicken coop where there was a rooster, a hen and chicks
eggs I took with me, but I don’t know if they are fertilized or not?
Asker: Geraldine, 12 years old
Answer
Geraldine,
If there is a rooster with the chicken and the chicks are from the chicken, then you can count on it that the eggs are fertilized.
You cannot tell from an egg itself whether it is fertilized, but you can candle eggs after 5 days of incubation. Candling is illuminating the egg with a strong light. Fertilized eggs then show a dark dot and a red cobweb of blood vessels.
Regards,
Kristof
Answered by
Vet Kristof Baert
Wildlife Management and Invasive Species Rodent control: brown rat, muskrat and coypu Wildlife diseases
Institute for Nature and Forest Research
Rue des Clinic 25 1070 Brussels
http://www.inbo.be
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