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How Chickens Lay Eggs

Without a Rooster

"The purpose of having chickens is usually to have fresh eggs each day, so how does that even happen without a rooster around?"

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"Thanks to their unique reproductive process, chickens can lay eggs without a rooster. Their eggs will be nutritious and edible but will never transform into baby chicks without a rooster."

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"A chicken’s reproductive system includes an ovary and an oviduct. The yolk of a future egg is first created in the ovary and when it is ready, it moves to the oviduct section."

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How do chickens lay eggs?

"A chicken’s body, in the right conditions, completes the reproductive cycle of egg creation regardless of whether or not a rooster is around."

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Why are roosters not needed  for chickens to lay eggs?

"No, roosters cannot lay eggs because they do not have the reproductive system that a hen does. Roosters provide only the fertilization of eggs..."

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Do roosters lay eggs?