There you are wrong. Roosters can breed hens but be off cycle and not have sperm. I thought a poultry judge was pulling a joke on me when he told me but my avian vet backed him up. Fertility, active swimmers is also based on sun light/day light hours, the same as a hen's laying cycle. Fertility can decrease in very hot and very cold weather. Their fertility runs in cycles too. The conversation came up because I was winter hatching.
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Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
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I haven't seen anybody actually use "fortnight" in ordinary conversation since -----well, don't know as I ever have! Only in story books. I presume re-enactors use it some.
Well, you're supposed to keep a hen separated from the rooster for 3 weeks if you want purebred chicks. Then pick your rooster to put in with her. So probably a fortnight is about right, but maybe longer to totally clear.
Interesting animal, effective immediately and can last for up to 3 weeks. Chickens appear to be so ordinary, but are not at all. They don't need to come into heat, don't have a monthly cycle, they do respond to seasons, but it's just a matter of degree. They can be fertile continuously all year round.
Diane S.
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