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what is the difference between fertilized & unfertilized eggs

post #1 of 7
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sorry to be so ignorant, but i have heard people say they don't like to eat fertilized eggs - why would this be the case?

post #2 of 7

It's a mental block.

 

If no one told them which was which, they'd not know the difference.  Many eggs at a whole foods type store are indeed fertile.  Proved by folks hatching them.  The "spot" is soooo tiny that unless you are knowledgeable, you'd not likely even see it.  Again, it is mostly a mental block.

 

 

 

 

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post #3 of 7

some people say that fertile eggs have a stronger taste.

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post #4 of 7

I think some people also don't want to eat fertile eggs because it feels like a waste to eat it instead of hatch it.

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post #5 of 7

Who knows why people say the things they do. There is no taste or nutritional difference between a fertile egg and an infertile egg. Here is what they look like 

To the untrained eye, one would never know the difference.

post #6 of 7

I think some people have it in there heads that with fertile eggs they are eating a chick.

post #7 of 7

Or, they've heard some horror story about cracking a partially-developed chick into a pan...

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