Do Roosters Lay Eggs?

A rooster is, of course, a male chicken, and only hens, or female chickens, lay eggs. But every now and then, a disease may cause a rooster to change its gender and become a hen, or vice-versa. Some of these roosters-turned-hens have actually laid eggs!

But this still does not mean that a rooster can lay an egg; it’s still true that only a female chicken can lay an egg. The most we can say about the rooster’s egg-laying ability is that some roosters that turn into hens can lay eggs.

Sometimes, small, misshapen eggs found in a hen house are called “rooster’s eggs.” But these are simply hen eggs that failed to develop properly.

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  1. Anonymous
    Posted 2009/10/22 at 12:09 am | Permalink

    No The Rooster Does Not Lay Egg.
    Roosters Are A Male There Is A Diffrence
    Between Hen’s & Roosters Because
    Hens Are Females & Roosters Are Males.
    So The Answer Is That No Roosters
    Does Not Lay Eggs !

    • Anonymous
      Posted 2010/01/09 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

      Yep folks, I actually got up this morning to confirm what my wife has been trying to tell me for a couple months. I have this chicken that has a hens body and dull colors, but it has wattles and spurs and it is the crowing thing every morning it will wake anybody up. O-Yea, one more thing, “IT LAYS THE BIGEST EGGS I’VE SEEN FOR A BANTAM”. I don’t know just what to call it. The other chickens kind of pick on it so we kept it in during the cold weather and this morning we got up and the pretties egg was in the front of the cage just as white as could be. Now explain how a chicken can have the big wattles and comb and spurs, big spurs, and crow like crazy, but will lays egg. Now I’m sure I’m not the only person that has one of these roohens or whatever you call it. We named it sweetpea because it’s so nice. I think it’s a hen that crows and has big spurs. I just had to share this, thanks, Chan

  2. Anonymous
    Posted 2009/10/22 at 12:13 am | Permalink

    My Friend James That Goes To
    B.m.S say’s That Roosters Can Lay
    Eggs But Really Roosters Cant Lay
    Egg’s !He Sed That Roosters Can Lay
    Eggs Cause His Dad Called HIm And
    Sed James Come Here Look The Rooster
    Is Laying An Egg Then James Goes
    Whatever Stop Lying So When He Went
    Out-Side He Sed That He Saw A Rooster
    Laying an Egg !But Do You Think Thats
    True What If He Thought That A Rooster
    Was Laying An Egg But It Was Acctually
    A Hen !haha!So Weird .

  3. Bill
    Posted 2010/02/07 at 8:57 pm | Permalink

    I have a hen that craw like a rooster. I always thought it is a roaster, but her body looks like a hen. today I found her/his fist egg. 1/2 size of regular egg. greenish color.

  4. daniel
    Posted 2010/03/02 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

    Oh, by the way roosters do lay atleast a small egg. Here in Africa, it happens once in a while. The eggs they lay are really small, almost the size of a bird’s. Now i don’t know why but it is true, many people have witnessed it in their lifetime here in Africa including me.

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