
Broiler chickens are a type of chicken raised mainly for meat purposes. Under good management, broilers are ready for market within 4-6 weeks.
However, if left for 16-26 weeks in uncontrolled conditions it can start laying. Farmers have reported to us collecting eggs from broilers, mostly those left after the big ones were bought.
So yes, broiler meat chickens can lay eggs. However, this cannot happen in controlled conditions as in the case of layers.
The majority of farmers say they mix the small poor-quality remnants with kienyenji. For 3-4 weeks farmers pay less attention to them and don’t care whether they die or not.
Read: Complete vaccination schedule for layers in Kenya
Miraculously they survive adapting survival tactics such as finding food, and low and extremely high temperatures. Finally, they co-exist and start laying.
However, it is good to note that this is a rare case. Therefore farmers cannot farm
Can they be fertilized?
Unfortunately, these eggs are generally unsuitable for hatching because broiler chickens are not bred for their ability to reproduce.

Even if a broiler chicken lays an egg and is fertilized, the resulting embryo may not develop properly due to the genetic characteristics of broiler chickens.