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No. A chicken can produce eggs without a rooster but she can not produce a chick without her eggs being fertilized by a rooster.

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No, a chicken needs a rooster to fertilize the egg in order for it to develop into a chick. Without the rooster's contribution, the eggs laid by a hen will remain unfertilized and will not hatch into chicks.

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What is the offspring of a rooster and a hen?

A rooster is a male chicken , A young rooster is a cockerel. A hen is a female chicken, A young hen is a pullet. A castrated Rooster is a Capon A baby chicken of either gender is a chick.


Can all eggs that a chicken lays develop into a chick?

NO. Unless the chicken has mated with a rooster, she will lay non viable eggs. An egg will be produced by the chicken even when no rooster is available. Eggs that come from a grocery store are not fertile and therefore can never produce a chick.


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What is the formal male name of chick?

A male chicken is a rooster.


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They lay eggs daily, but if you want chicks you have to have a male to fertilize the eggs.


What is a young chicken called?

A young chicken is called a chick, a pullet (young hen), or a cockerel (young rooster).


What is the young one of a Rooster?

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If you have a chicken how do you know if the egg has a chicken in it or you can eat it?

1. If no rooster is present, then there is no way the egg will be fertilised, so it will not have a chick in it. 2. If the egg is freshly laid, and removed immediately and refrigerated, it will not have a chick in it.


Will a green egg produce a green egg laying chicken?

Yes. There is some chance of a throwback gene in the chick produced but in general, if the egg the chick hatches from is green/blue and the rooster who fertilized the egg is of the same genetic lines then very likely the resulting hen will go on to produce green eggs.


What age does the rooster turn to a cockerel?

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Will an egg laid without a rooster present develop into a chick?

If a hen is in with NO rooster, and lays an egg, then that egg is infertile and cannot hatch.