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Name: David
Status: other
Grade: other
Location: Outside U.S.
Country: USA
Date: Spring 2011
Question:
How long after a rooster first mates with a hen , does it take the hen to start producing fertile eggs?


Replies:
David

About one day. Please see the following URL:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/info/chicken/egg.shtml

Sincere regards, Mike Stewart


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