How do chicken eggs get fertilized? *More Than You Ever Wanted To Know*

How do chicken eggs get fertilized? In this video I explain each step of the egg factory inside a chicken. Get my chicken book here: beckyshomestea...

[@chancellorofchinense]

The “germinal disc” is on the outside of the yolk and becomes the embryo. The yolk is a food source for the embryo. The egg white is a cushion of protection around the food source and embryo. And the yolk and embryo are kept in the middle of the egg white by chalaza.

[@joshuahunter8958]

The blastoderm or white spot on the egg is what forms the chick. The yolk is what feeds the chick. And the white functions like the placenta.

[@BeckysHomestead]

The female egg that gets fertilized by the roosters sperm is in the yoke. The egg is releast and then the yoke forms around it☀️❤️☀️

[@Mendingheartshomestead]

What was said in the video is that the yolk is the baby. That is incorrect. Joshua Hunter, what you’re saying is correct.

[@Mary-Mercedes]

@Joshua Hunter You are 100% correct. I am sad to say, I try to never leave a negative response on anyone's page, but to think someone will think they are learning something here is scary. WOW Becky - your "info" here on chick embryo development is wrong. At the time of laying, hundreds of cells are grouped in a small, whitish spot (the blastoderm or GERMINAL DISC) that is easily seen on the surface of the yolk. *This spot in a fertilized, freshly laid egg is the beginning of the chick.* The germinal disc is NOT part of the yolk. LOOK IT UP on any of the stage extension service 4-H websites for the simple explanation. Not hearsay. extension.psu.edu/programs/4-h/projects/poultry/raising-rearing/viii.-other-on-line-resources/embryo-development/where-chick-life-begins

[@daniellevargas3211]

When I first heard her say a chick comes from the yolk I scratched my head because that wasnt what I understood.

[@danakarloz5845]

2323sanders the Birdseye spot in the yolk is the baby, Becky is right!

[@shaynebattershell9473]

Thank you Becky, I will no longer be panicking over not knowing how chicken eggs are made. You saved me

[@ScoutThoughtOfAnimating]

Lol dummy

[@siefoote]

Why is that necessary?

[@mariasmith7581]

So glad I found Becky. I’m going through a tough time rn :,(

[@sahastimilsina3508]

lol blastoderm cell inside yolk(yellow part)forms chick and the yolk serves as protein/food for the chick

[@donniecarter3848]

I've always said this woman knows nothing about chickens lol

[@GrandmaKarenHasAFarm]

Does she make this stuff up???

[@nikki09]

Karen Stopek no

[@outdoordoug8588]

The title sounds like the birds and the bees

[@irisevans4916]

Yea🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@njay6687]

More like the birds and the birds

[@njay6687]

Am I right or am I right

[@faithlessberserker5921]

Well you are half right

[@carleycassandra]

It really does

[@MJ-fy4yj]

What? No. The yolk is not the baby chicken. It's the food source for the developing baby chicken.

[@BeckysHomestead]

The hens egg that gets fertilized by the rooster is in the yolk. That is how it all starts☀️❤️☀️

[@nuduo9255]

Becky's Homestead - how about commercial chicken, how do they manage to fertilize 50,000 chickens a month? Is it done artificially?.

[@unggoytrader]

Nu Duo Yes I would love to know that too.

[@mccartneybrewer7925]

Hens lay whether the eggs are fertilized or not. @@nuduo9255

[@nuduo9255]

McCartney Brewer - I was specially talking about fertilized eggs and how do they get roosters to fertilize the females.

[@hthomasackermann]

you didn't actually explain HOW the Rooster fertilizes the chicken

[@krishnadas5717]

Mad

[@passadonut]

Exactly . So the chicken 🐔 & rooster 🐓 mate & he fertilizers the egg that’s in her ,to make a baby chicken. Well , then why are there thousands of eggs that we can eat ? Does that mean these eggs were missed getting fertilized?

[@alyssadeakins]

@@passadonut The hens that lay eggs for human consumption only live with hens. There are no roosters in those barns. Hope this helps!

[@dragonfly9786]

@@alyssadeakins so what you are saying is, a hen can lay egg without rooster's intervention?

[@ethansteele6756]

​@@passadonut😅

[@FUGGLEmose]

In the wild, before domestication, chickens only laid 10-15 times a year. Now we get 300 eggs in a year per hen. It's pretty wild. I can't imagine how that doesn't damage them.

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

Evolution. Why would it damage them ?

[@jennafisher8403]

It can increase the chance of them having bound eggs but other than that they seem to get on alright

[@simonb2109]

@@ricardorodriguesrr18 its not evolution silly its selective breeding.

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

@@simonb2109 whatever you wanna call it. What difference does it make dear super smart person ?

[@SharifJohnsonReefeeScarfo]

@@ricardorodriguesrr18I’m ctfu @ super smart person 😂😂😂😂😂

[@fakeidonthaveahandle]

This is so cool, I've been curious for years, but this is the best and simplest explanation I've heard.

[@redgreen273]

One correction needed to be noted, that the white is the medium where chick live its life and the yolk is the food source where placenta attached to the yolk, so the baby is always next to the yolk in white medium, hope it clears the concept. Love your video though....

[@BeckysHomestead]

The whites are high In Protein and the developing chick does use it as food. ☀️❤️☀️

[@flyingcheff]

kindly and lovingly said, how refreshing

[@mermer9178]

Please stop being so stubborn about this Becky. You can google it right now. The yolk is the food for the chick…we can compare it to a placenta in mammal pregnancies. A developing mammalian fetus is attached to & nourished by the placenta. The white of the egg can be compared to amniotic fluid during a mammal pregnancy. You’ve got it reversed dear. It’s ok to be wrong sometimes.

[@maryshellsmith6627]

Definitely more than I ever wanted to know! 🐣🐥🐓I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat an egg, again! 😳Very interesting.

[@CJ-dt5mh]

So the chicken definitely came before the egg! 🐔🥚

[@fidgetdestroyer3117]

The chicken is that tiny white dot on the yolk, the yolk is the food and the white is the "amniotic fluid"

[@brucenichols9153]

The yoke is the food

[@benedickmcintosh6368]

And poeple says God the creator does not exist I beg to defer. Amazing explanation Becky.

[@chrisford9045]

Yes, amazing. Praise the Lord. Amen 🙏

[@danakarloz5845]

Becky is absolutely correct when she spoke about the yolk becoming the chick! If the egg is fertilized you will see a noticeable Birdseye spot in the yolk which is the first cluster of cells of that baby chick. She knows her stuff contrary to what everyone else has been told over the years about egg yolks and the whites. Thanks so much for your information, Becky! I sure have learned so much from you 🙏

[@JoshWitte]

Source for those claims?

[@danakarloz5845]

@@JoshWitte I found it on the internet and you can too...

[@JoshWitte]

@@danakarloz5845 I literally can't find a single reputable source for your claims. All of them say that the chick forms on the blastoderm and uses the yolk as its food source. There are zero scientific articles that state that the chick is developed from the yolk. It is merely the source of the nutrients required for embryonic development.

[@danakarloz5845]

@@JoshWitte hmm 🤔 I will look again and see because I did read it almost exactly as she stated. It was an article from some farm 🤷‍♀️ and I only looked it up because people in the threads were saying that she was wrong about it. When I read it online in that article I found that she was right. Unless the article was wrong too 🤷‍♀️ people make mistakes all the time; I can live with being wrong but I cannot forgive some farmers who are in this business giving false information online and to the public.

[@danakarloz5845]

@@JoshWitte ok so I saw the definition on Wikipedia and it says that the yolk and the ovum proper will become the baby chick when fertilized (embryo). So then the germinal disk isn’t seen until it has been fertilized. 🤷‍♀️

[@CarolinaGirlCreationZ]

Wowww! That is fascinating! Man I'm in love with chickens! I have my first 9 babies currently. They range from a 1 1/2 weeks to 2 1/2 weeks old currently and I am in love with the process of them growing. They are Rhode Island Reds and the adult feathers are finally coming in. They are the most beautiful deep rusty red color! I know my move in Rooster, Colonel Sanders (giggle), is going to love them!

[@jellybeansaregross4932]

Cool!! My brooding hen just layed a batch of fertilized eggs! They’re abt 2 days in. We ordered duck eggs online so the chicks and ducklings can grow up together!

[@klaz5622]

Oh god I almost got this the wrong way 😂

[@SSS20025]

@@klaz5622 😂😂😂😂

[@taeriefaerie]

This was something I've been curious about for a really long time. I love to learn new things and have been around chickens a lot where I live. Just never thought to ask when I had the chance. Thanks

[@jenniferfrazierlpc7171]

Thank you for this..my husband and I having some type of biology lesson and I needed to know more. 😁

[@7TigerCrossing]

Thank you for explaining it. Merci boucoup. I made my first two eggs.

[@stephaniejohnson7987]

There’s a lot of really good questions in the comment section but they aren’t answered. Lots of people are coming here to learn new things. The poster only reply’s to the people that tell her, she is wrong. Why is the poster not answering questions?

[@jennafisher8403]

I see that too, I'm answering the ones that I know because I remember how many questions I had when i first started raising chickens.

[@TheChristosb]

I'd like to ask one question.If the rooster and the hen have common gene connection(siblings or mother son or father daughter...does this affect the fertility of the egg?And if theegg is actualy fertile and the chics hatch...are they vanurelable to diseases or leg dismorphia perhaps?

[@karenr67]

Im 73 yr old and grew up on a farm till i was 14 but never knew how the egg was produced. Good explanation.

[@jacoboliver1892]

Hi how are you doing today hope you're having a good time today

[@nancydeis7121]

I learned how this works finally. I have been scared to look into it because of my lovely older brothers traumatizing me when I was young. I still have a hard time with eggs.

[@simonb2109]

please, tell us what they did

[@anthonyferrara2222]

So does this mean that we could be eating an egg that’s already been fertilized???

[@basilprabhakar7028]

Yes. The white dot you see on the yolk is the chick. So do NOT eat fertilized eggs.

[@blaze-jb4xz]

The little white chicken Pays good attention to teacher

[@CarolinaGirlCreationZ]

I'm soooooo brand spanking new to chickens after adopting a move in rooster but I'm trying to figure out what to do if I want to have a couple of fertilized eggs in case I sadly lose a hen or two. This video is helpful as all get out but I'm still a bit confused because of my totally new status. So if you want to have 1 or 2 eggs fertilized, do you just leave 1 or 2 in the coop and see what happens? Also, how do you know they are fertilized? (Please forgive my ignorance. I just want to make sure I know every single thing I need to before I buy my chics. Hubs and I decided we would start building a coop next weekend and will probably buy in the fall. I am the kind of lifetime pet owner so I want to make sure I do everything right.) Thank you so so much for your understanding. Your channel is absolutely WONDERFUL! I love it! You are such a wonderful teacher!

[@jennafisher8403]

From my knowledge the eggs can't be fertilized once the hen lays them, the rooster has "sex" with the hen and his sperm cloud gets inside the hen and then she lays fertilized eggs. You can tell if an egg is fertilized if it has what looks like a little flake of pepper in it, dont be worried about being new it's ones of those things you have to learn from hands on experience and making your own mistakes. Good luck to you👍

[@simonb2109]

@@jennafisher8403 it's less "sex" and more "violent rape"

[@juniorjay001]

That's not right. The yolk is not the body. The chicken is formed from the little white spot

[@a.8774]

I'm going to homestead on my own land in Chicago. I'm going to keep protein in my diet to fish only

[@zerek44]

becky! im only 10 seconds into your video and i already love you!

[@Cami033]

I can definitely say I learned something new today

[@leslielucci3182]

How long after mating with the rooster does te hen start laying fertile eggs? Does the chicken know which eggs are fertile and just sit on the fertilized ones?

[@little_to_no_opinion6788]

Sorry if I'm a little late to the party, but I can answer your question: The hen starts laying fertile eggs about 3 days after her and the rooster mated. It could be the second day after or the 4, I believe. It doesn't always land on the 3rd day exactly. And no, the hen does not know which are fertile or not. She sits on all of them until she either gives up, chicks hatch, or the owner makes her give up. (Some hens are so persistent they will sit on unfertilized eggs until something happens, and during this time the hen barely eats or drinks, putting all her time and energy into these eggs. So sometimes for the benefit of the hen, you have to make her stop) I am not an expert, I am only speaking from my experiences.

[@rapture_fied6054]

@@little_to_no_opinion6788 Thanks a lot

[@saracole7623]

The shells of my New Hampshire reds are super nice. Nice and slightly porous, and much thicker than store bought egg shells. I’m proud of my sweet little hens for all the work that goes into those eggs.

[@clarkbotha4086]

Hi Becky, I would like to know how many eggs can one chicken lay after being fertilized only once? We have one rooster to 17 hens and do not know if all eggs we collect are fertilized or not.

[@rapture_fied6054]

I have 1 for 20 brown hyline chickens. I let them out everyday to make them meet with other roosters. It works

[@simonb2109]

anything up to 14 days but chances decrease, i'd say 7

[@MollyPitcher1778]

And to think this all evolved from one cell in the ocean. lol I always wondered how this worked. It's so precise. How does anyone know this and not believe someone created it?

[@michelleayer611]

Great video. Thanks for explaining everything and thank you for selling Ashley a chicken. At first I thought u meant my daughter but but I guess we got that mixed up..ty JAYSEN AND JAYSON

[@mariasmith7581]

Can you go inside the chicken so I can get a better visual?? Thx

[@Adam-zv8jz]

Even though you made a mistake when talking I still love your videos. Thanks for making them.

[@BeckysHomestead]

Everything I said is correct☀️❤️☀️

[@Adam-zv8jz]

Becky's Homestead I know what you meant, I watched the whole video and I saw you kindly clarify in the comments. I’m not trying to say anything or rudely criticize I was just saying I liked the video, despite what some of the comments said (specifically about the location of where the chicken grows in the egg), everyone slips up just a wee bit every once in a while, even people who have practiced and worked hard at something for a long time, as human beings it’s a weakness we all share. Some of the people commenting were a little harsh though. Also, is this a new series your making or have you made any *more than you ever wanted to know* videos before. I thought it was pretty interesting.

[@flyingcheff]

@@BeckysHomestead No good deed goes unpunished. Thank you Becky for bringing your experiences - all of them - to the table.

[@ryangarvey8207]

@@BeckysHomestead nope

[@chancellorofchinense]

@@BeckysHomestead incorrect

[@bambi9935]

No way you say Bébé like moira rose 🤩🤩

[@gracieanderson3380]

can you tell us how to tell if a baby chick is a boy or girl

[@reddtattedkutie7245]

The boy has balls lol

[@ZZZZ-zg3zb]

Hihihi

[@natalie3758]

Lol, idk

[@alyssadeakins]

There are 3 ways, but the easiest way to do this for any breed is to look at the feathers. Boys have short feathers and girls have big feathers, and the difference is very noticeable. Hope this helps!

[@MDCF1565]

Interesting. Just set up a coop with 3 hens on 3-21-22 I've had three eggs every morning 😁. They are in a rotation by themselves taking turns on a 3 ft wide nest shelf . Should I make more nest boxes or does this seem fine. I'm ok with only 3 a day but just funny how they have set up their own rotation of the nest box. Are they fine doing that. Are my hens broken 🤪

[@hw1000]

Can Becky or anyone else recommend a book for children about this. It doesn't have to be for children just some picture book and more facts that opinion would be useful. Thanks in anticipation

[@lesterteachman7277]

just put chickens with a roster how long should i waite before i check to see when there fertile

[@jordanjones7762]

Great video Becky thank you !

[@lifeathand1062]

Great video my 7 and 11 year old are wanting to start incubating eggs so they can sale the chica as part of a homeschool business to put money aside

[@RosesDanceTherapyNSelfcare]

My daughter loves this video!!❤️

[@simonb2109]

and i love your butt workout

[@blakefranco7300]

Thank You

[@talimtiger9384]

You have loss weight and you seem so much happier, still living the stressful city life I would love to have a homestead one day.

[@BeckysHomestead]

You can do it. scale down, simplify and learn all you can, baby steps.☀️❤️☀️

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

I went from pretty much completely uneducated to some what educated. Thank you for that.

[@Ragnar63]

Please reply How many fertile eggs will a chicken lay after single cross Or for how many days will a chicken lay fertile eggs??

[@thekatt...]

Umer Farooq 3 -14 days, it seems .

[@thehappster5241]

Good fertility for 1 week, but can continue to be fertile for up to four weeks.

[@yihunselammezgebu4821]

how we can get the 1st (F1) Fials ? is there any genetic modification Becky please?

[@impressivesarasarabrown466]

Adoring your videos

[@YVO007]

Absolutely wonderful just like the narrator thank you YVO

[@dragonfly9786]

what is the meaning of "eggs getting fertilized" ? can u pls explain

[@Ashleyseman]

I love your channel! Thank you for always making such informational videos. You have been the best resource during my time raising chickens. I send people to you all the time! 💖

[@BeckysHomestead]

Thank you so much and I appreciate you sharing my videos with your friends☀️❤️☀️

[@jan22150]

One question . How does the rooster fertilizes the hen. Is there a penis and sperm involved ? How does that work?

[@RodeoCowgirl-55]

Why is CC (closed captions) not in English

[@musicinterest950]

Right enuf

[@mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo8212]

So how many times does a rooster have to mate with a chicken to fertilise say 20 eggs?

[@saucyred5]

Thanks for the info, we just picked up our five ladies today 😄

[@thelizlang]

We had an egg with a double yolk! Would that have been twin chicks had it been fertilized?

[@emmabruffy7492]

If you incubated it maybe but the embryos I would think would die but I have heard of some stories about a double yolk hatching but only one chick survives

[@terryterry1655]

Chicken or egg first?

[@kylenapper8214]

Thanks for the amazing knowledge

[@edreid7872]

So interesting… In all my years, 60+, I never knew that, so In essence, every egg if fertilized, it depends if a hen sits on it, correct?..

[@BeckysHomestead]

No, it’s just like a human. After sex the egg is fertilized. The hen has a “little sack” special place that holds the rooster sperm for up to 2 weeks so for those two weeks the eggs will be fertile. ☀️❤️☀️

[@edreid7872]

@@BeckysHomestead Thanks for replying.. I'm 60+ and always wondered.. Someone did a video that asked if the cloudy film over eggs can be ingested.. Of course it is as we've been eating it for eons, but it occurred to me, where do chicks come from…but I still have questions.. I've seen videos of people incubating store-brought eggs, and producing chicks?.. How?

[@michellesirois6954]

The yolk is NOT the chick/egg....its the food for the chick....thats why they can ship them in the mail.After they hatch they can live for 3 days off of the yolk.

[@BeckysHomestead]

The little embryo is attached, in the yolk.☀️❤️☀️

[@TommyBrown-Joliet]

Very interesting professor Becky.

[@garyhaley1674]

That link for the book doesn't work

[@erenicseith6848]

Hi Becky! I have one local hen and rooster,my hen is laying a very small egg which is white yellow and also the yolk is yellow in colour I'm very disappointed😒😥. What should I feed my hen so she can lay big brown eggs and orange yolk🤔 ? Please kindly answer my question.Thank you🙂

[@jennafisher8403]

Do you only have the one hen? She could be stressed from being oversexed by the rooster, also you could try an egg maker feed or crush up some calcium and oyster shell, it takes a lot of calcium to make an egg shell.

[@BrandonBenfield]

Your intro is dope as fuck yo

[@rhys6107]

So does the first egg that come out won't be fertilised?

[@MyName-sk8wl]

Ok but how does the rooster fertilize the egg?

[@rebeccaakerstrand5949]

great infor

[@kristy4297]

Confused even more becky

[@nancydeis7121]

Does anyone know what the red spot in the yolk on some eggs is? I was told not to use those eggs but I don't remember why

[@alyssadeakins]

Hi, Nancy! It's called a blood spot. So, the yolk is technically a follicle inside the hen. The membranes around it are filled with blood vessels that bring nutrients to the yolk. The follicle ruptures (ovulation) everywhere except this white line called the stigma or suture line. Sometimes, the follicle doesn't break along that line. Sometimes, it breaks where there are blood vessels, causing the blood spot. That is not an embryo, just a speck of the hen's blood. It is technically edible, but not appetizing to consumers. Hope this helps!

[@welcometoranorld4772]

Hii Becky

[@annamilo8891]

My English is not perfect, still not understand to make an egg do u need a rooster? Please say yes, or no. Thanks

[@jennafisher8403]

To make an egg no, to make a fertilized egg that could potentially hatch into a chick, yes. Hens lay 1 egg a day when they're at their max capacity.

[@got2dream1]

I would love it if you could talk about your guinea hen! He or she s adorable!!!!

[@shaylynbenear5508]

So say you have an egg that has been fertilized by your rooster. That egg becomes of age to start laying… do you need a different rooster? I guess what I’m asking is, do you need to worry about inbreeding?

[@proximap2151]

Very interesting! ty! subbed :)

[@allb4dinner962]

I've seen 3 legged chickens that can run 55 60 mph. some guy made them cuz they loved the drumsticks

[@UnitedViral]

Wait a minute so what you're telling me is that the chicken actually did come before the egg! 😁

[@thomasuga5708]

Why did I just watch this high asf

[@PlowAndPantryHomestead]

So interesting.

[@sumanawathisumanawathi4016]

Thanks

[@mharvold]

yolk is not the chick

[@lisaschnider2296]

mharvold How do you know do you have chickens

[@jaZZ7461]

Lisa Schnider 8th grade home economics lol

[@mgtv334]

Yellow is the food for the chick

[@Ok-kv4ec]

I’m watching this video cause I have a science test tomorrow

[@bambikisstoby]

Thank you

[@wendyc.5769]

I did not know that! Thanks so much for explaining 😃

[@xinlanyang3160]

How do make chicken egg not have blood in the egg white.

[@alyssadeakins]

You can't really prevent it. It just happens inside of the hen.

[@glorialeach7301]

Very interesting 🙂🐔

[@dOlli3cOutur3]

TikTok brought me here cause I literally thought the rooster skewered the egg somehow after it was laid

[@richardschmidt2430]

This is so amazing! Chickens are awesome! thank you for all you do out there guys! :) Rich & Dawn in MN

[@barbarab9849]

Thanks for the information...I've always wondered how that happens...great video!!

[@emachiavelli_]

I love this

[@Globaltrends90]

My hen met with rooster and 3 days later started egg laying Do her eggs are fertile?

[@jennafisher8403]

Probably, crack one open and see if you can see a little pepper looking flake.

[@kishanpoojary7141]

your videos are fantastic and life changing..thank you..

[@christopherconkright1317]

The air in the egg forms after the egg comes out and the egg starts to cool.

[@KingSir444]

⁠​⁠I hatched a grocery store egg by playing rooster sound effects and I. Was amused I definitely looking at eggs different now😂 sad how life can be developed and people be eating eggs for they breakfast I used a incubator so yeah but It’s just sad The yolk is also the good for the chicken not the chicken

[@faheemzx6889]

God is great

[@paigechild5]

Can a chicken cook a egg if she sits on it?

[@outdoorswithtim.576]

Hey Miss Becky I have one question I finally got my chicks when I bought them they were three weeks old and they are beautiful little girls I can't wait to see them turn into mature laying ladies laying all those beautiful brown eggs anyway my question to you is I want to free-range my chickens in my backyard I have them in a temporary Coop right now but when they get a little older I will be letting them out to free range in my yard I have a 6-foot privacy fence all the way around my property but I'm worried about chicken hawks so that's what we call them here in South Carolina or red tail hawks what do you think I could do to keep the Hawks away from my new spring chickens

[@donnakeeley7924]

Put up a white scarecrow in your chicken yard. Hawks shouldn't bother your chickens then.

[@jennafisher8403]

Plant some trees or don't mow a section of your backyard so the chicks can hide when they can't make it to the coop. Also a good rooster will take care of that problem.

[@mizuamedraws3769]

I went here to clarify how chicken fertilizes for Mysta's sake...