Does a hen need a rooster to lay eggs?

Hens don't need the help of roosters to lay eggs, and the eggs that are usually bought in the market are laid by the hens in the chicken farm themselves, but if you want to hatch chicks, you must use eggs that have been fertilized by roosters.

However, if the hen does not mate with the rooster, the eggs laid are infertile eggs and cannot hatch chicks, but can only be eaten by humans. Therefore, if the chicken farm raises laying hens and is not a breeder, such hens do not need to mate.

Causes that affect hen egg production

1. Environmental issues.

Environmental problems are an important reason for the decline in egg production of hens, and the external environment will have a certain impact on the hens themselves, such as light, humidity, ventilation, temperature and other conditions. In terms of light conditions, if the intensity of light changes frequently, or the light time is shortened, or the sudden light stoppage, etc., the hen will be afraid.

2. Feeding problems.

Feeding and management is another important factor affecting the decline of hen egg production, which is mainly reflected in feed quality and feeding management. In terms of feed feeding, some farmers in order to reduce the cost of feeding, choose cheap, unbalanced nutrition, or even inferior or moldy feed for feeding, and also use spoiled or damp feed for feeding, which will pose a threat to the hen's body, and then affect the hen's egg production.

No, hens lay eggs and roosters have nothing to do with them.

Hens lay eggs with or without roosters, eggs are chicken eggs, hens that have mated with roosters lay fertilized eggs, and hens that have not mated laid eggs that are not fertilized and cannot hatch chicks. It's like an adult woman ovulating with or without a husband.

Hens don't always need to mate when they lay eggs, as long as the time is right, and they will lay eggs without stopping until the number of eggs in the nest reaches a certain number. However, eggs laid without mating are unfertilized and cannot be used to hatch chicks.

Hens don't need rooster cooperation to lay eggs.

The hen does not need the rooster to cooperate in laying eggs, the hen is able to lay eggs directly, as long as there is a suitable time to lay eggs. Chickens can lay eggs without fertilization, but the eggs produced cannot hatch chicks and are unfertilized.

Only the eggs after mating with the rooster can hatch chicks, and only when mating does the rooster need to cooperate, and the hen does not need the rooster to cooperate when laying eggs.

Rules for hens laying eggs:

Hens don't lay eggs every day, and the eggs laid depend on the growing environment and hormone levels. The hen lays eggs for about 150 days, and the chickens will lay eggs normally when they are mature, with adequate nutrients and normal hormone levels.

Usually 1 egg is laid every other day, and the number of eggs laid is about 20 before it stops for a while, during which the hen will not lay eggs, and the time to continue laying eggs is after a few weeks, not every day.

The hen does not need the cooperation of the rooster to lay eggs.

Chickens do not need to be fertilized to lay eggs, but the eggs produced cannot hatch chicks and are unfertilized. The eggs mated by the hen and the rooster can hatch the chicks, that is to say, the cooperation of the rooster is only required for mating, and the cooperation of the rooster is not required for the hen to lay eggs.

How to solve the problem of hen raw soft-shell eggs?

1. Calcium and phosphorus in the feed can be appropriately increased, laying hens need a lot of calcium and phosphorus to maintain life and egg production, and the demand for calcium during the laying period is generally 3%. Therefore, 7%-8% stone powder or shell powder should be added to the compound feed to meet the calcium needs of egg production.

2. On the market, there are some additives for the production of soft-shell eggs, and you can choose formal and appropriate safety additives to help chickens improve the situation of raw soft-shell eggs.

3. When feeding chickens, you can feed some food crops that contain more calcium and phosphorus, and you can also supplement shell meal, eggshell powder, bone meal, cod liver oil, etc. separately.