Is this egg fertile from my 5 ISA browns without a rooster??

[Chicken_keeper88]

Had the 5 hens for at least 2 months now away from any possibility of any roosters impregnating them at where I got them from, they are POL 6 months old n these are there first eggs the past 4 or 5 days getting 2 eggs a day from 2 of them so far obs and then today I crack an egg and look n there the white bullseye in the yolk with the dot with clear ring around it!??? Swear this means fertile eggs?? Shud I be incubating these eggs? As I was planning to expand my flock and get a rooster to fertilise the eggs anyways???

 

[nuthatched]

Doesn't look like it to me, they also look fertilized if the yolk breaks down through age.
Do you have any roosters in the area?
The word is fertilizing not impregnating, lol.

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

Doesn't look like it to me, they also look fertilized if the yolk breaks down through age.
Do you have any roosters in the area?
The word is fertilizing not impregnating, lol.

The eggs are days old mate I check every day and no roosters anywhere near my place, n I was under the impression a clear white dot with ring around it in yolk indicted a fertile eggs from research iv done on fertile n non fertile eggs??

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

Like this can U see this doc with ring around it on my yolk? Where the green arrow points?? Also look to the left side of yolk and can see a bit of blood by the embryo bit of it also the last egg I had seemed to have quite a big developed embryo bit on it when I cracked it..

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I thought hens cud only hold sperm for a couple weeks max n IV had these at least 2 months now? Very confused as ov seen on here peeps sayin that the white dot with ring around it usually means the egg was fertilised?

 

[nuthatched]

Like this can U see this doc with ring around it on my yolk? Where the green arrow points??View attachment 4003495

I do see it, thank you.

I thought hens cud only hold sperm for a couple weeks max n IV had these at least 2 months now? Very confused as ov seen on here peeps sayin that the white dot with ring around it usually means the egg was fertilised?

Actually, they can hold sperm for about 6 weeks, but 2 months is not unheard of.

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I do see it, thank you.

Actually, they can hold sperm for about 6 weeks, but 2 months is not unheard of.

Shall I incubate the next eggs then yea?? Incase they are holding sperm still from the breeders place where I got them?? I did want to make plans my flock.. was gonna get a rooster soon to do exactly that anyways..

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

I do see it, thank you.

Actually, they can hold sperm for about 6 weeks, but 2 months is not unheard of.

also how long can the egg last without heat before it dies as iv had these in a cold dark draw in outside shed for a few days now in near 1celsius??? Worth incubating these still or just try the next fresh eggs

 

[Ecarroll]

Shall I incubate the next eggs then yea?? Incase they are holding sperm still from the breeders place where I got them?? I did want to make plans my flock.. was gonna get a rooster soon to do exactly that anyways..

Wait until you get the rooster, that dot does not necessarily mean fertile.

 

[Chicken_keeper88]

Wait until you get the rooster, that dot does not necessarily mean fertile.

And what about the bloody coloured embroyo on the left of the yolk does that not mean a chic was starting to develop?? Also I thought the white dot and ring around it was clear sign of fertile eggs and just a dot without a clear ring around it was a sign of an infertile egg no???