posted 02-24-2004 12:00 AM         

If they are male and female then u will eventually have eggs but if you dont want them to hatch your simply remove the eggs boil them mark them with a number allow them to cool and place back with the hen and allow her to sit them.

Never just remove the eggs as for every egg you remove she will lay another one to replace the one lost and this can be serious as with each clutch of eggs laid her calcium levels depleats.

posted 02-24-2004 05:12 PM         

Females have the same purplish cere until 6months old then there cere will go either cream,white,tan and very dark brown when in breeding mode.

But males resemble females until around 6 months of age.