Are first eggs okay to eat?

[lesliep6]

I just got my first egg (yippee!!), but I remember hearing somewhere that you shouldn't eat the first few eggs. Is that true? Also, my girls switched from their medicated feed 12 days ago. Is it too soon after the switch for the medication to be out of their system?
Thanks for your help.

Leslie

 

[Momo]

This question comes up all the time... a lot of old wives' tales floating around out there. Yes first eggs are perfectly fine to eat; they're no different than any other egg. I wouldn't worry about the Amprolium either. Enjoy your first egg!

 

[3chimama]

One of my BR pullets just laid her first egg and I am going to eat it!!

 

[pgpoultry]

The first will always taste best!

Don't believe the stories that you can't eat double yolkers, fertile eggs, green eggs, or eggs laid when the is a 'y' in the day.....unless they float in water or stink when they are cracked, they are probably fine.

Sandie

 

[SkyWarrior]

Mmmm, yummy! Yes indeed, you may eat the first eggs!

 

[lesliep6]

Well, it seems to be unanimous that this cute little first egg should be breakfast tomorrow. Thanks all!
Should I be feeding my girls oyster shells now? I saw that some people feed them the egg shells. Any thoughts on that?

 

[Supernatural]

We give our chickens egg shells, along with any other organic food-type scraps. Potato and carrot peels, tomato tops, bread crusts... even a bit of greenish cheese and leftover cooked egg and chicken (!!!) Seems wrong, somehow, but they love it, and their eggs have beautiful dark (yummy!) yolks. I don't know if you *should* give eggshells for any reason, but my philosophy has been, if it doesn't hurt them and they eat it, why not?

 

[chicksbestfriend]

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I agree about the first egg tasting the best, I think it comes with the long wait!

edited for clarity on first egg.

 

[Tala]

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Yes. Offer oyster shell free choice, they might need it and they will have it if they do. It's cheap so why not?
My grandma always fed the eggshells back, so I do too. Why waste them? I crush them up so they don't look like "eggs" anymore

 

[swordgeek]

When my first hen laid a few years ago, I fried that little thing up and we split it four ways! (The egg, not the chicken.) It didn't go far, but it was special.

As for feeding them crushed egg shells, we do it for added calcium. I used to add it to their feed or snacks, but now that I have a mixed-age flock, I add them to the bowl of oyster shells that the layers take when they want. Oyster shells cost money, the egg shells don't. I also sprinkle them outside under the wild bird feeders, because they could use the calcium boost as well, particularly when they're laying.