Can I eat my 19 week olds first eggs?

[Flame80]

Is it ok to eat the first eggs a chicken ever lays? I have removed the first 2 eggs from the nest and replaced them with fake eggs for helping them lay and for snake problems if it so happens. I have not washed the eggs and have them at room temp right now. I read up extensivly about how to care for eggs, washing,not washing, refrigerate, not refrigerate. I'm good with all that. Just want to make sure as long as first eggs are not bloody is it ok to consume them?

 

[black_cat]

Yep! They'll be extra delicious because of all your hard work raising them.

 

[black_cat]

One day and 2 day old!! I have one out there right now cackling and screaming like she laid a egg but I went and looked and nothing. She started screaming again and each time I walked out there she would immediently go get back in her nest! I didn't realize they would do the "egg song" so much BEFORE they lay. I thought it was always AFTER??

Chickens are weird

 

[KarynVA]

Yup! The only question is, will you eat it boiled, scrambled, over easy, omelet-ized, in a box, with a fox, on a train, in the rain?

(Hopefully not with a fox! )

 

[Flame80]

Just went back out there now about an hour later (after driving to the feed store for more chicken feed!!) and there it was! Egg #3!! Yaaay! Thank you all for your help! Dang they are eating a lot of feed. I have 9 full grown birds. How much should they eat in a week?? At $14.50 a 50# bag they need to start laying GOLDEN eggs!!

 

[Flame80]

One day and 2 day old!! I have one out there right now cackling and screaming like she laid a egg but I went and looked and nothing. She started screaming again and each time I walked out there she would immediently go get back in her nest! I didn't realize they would do the "egg song" so much BEFORE they lay. I thought it was always AFTER??

 

[WindingRoad]

Is it ok to eat the first eggs a chicken ever lays? I have removed the first 2 eggs from the nest and replaced them with fake eggs for helping them lay and for snake problems if it so happens. I have not washed the eggs and have them at room temp right now. I read up extensivly about how to care for eggs, washing,not washing, refrigerate, not refrigerate. I'm good with all that. Just want to make sure as long as first eggs are not bloody is it ok to consume them?

Beat them up with a little halfnhalf. Get your skillet nice a warm almost hot. Melt some butter int he pan put the egg mixture in and scramble them nicely. Toast some home baked bread and have a side of whatever you like. Enjoy with a big glass of very cold OJ...YUM.

 

[LaurenThompson]

We are new to chickens to and have had our ready to lay hens for a week and 2 days! We've gotten about 10 eggs already out of our 5 hens. They have all been blue, so they are from our 2 azure ladies!
It's so much fun!

 

[maryn7]

One day and 2 day old!! I have one out there right now cackling and screaming like she laid a egg but I went and looked and nothing. She started screaming again and each time I walked out there she would immediently go get back in her nest! I didn't realize they would do the "egg song" so much BEFORE they lay. I thought it was always AFTER??

My every day for the last week. Whole lotta singing/squawking, but only one laying. They're getting there. My second just laid today, and the other one was eager to check out a box today - with lots of singing before and after.

And I ate the first egg once I was sure I was getting more. It was great!

Congrats!

 

[kcan2]

Congrats on your first eggs! Sounds like she wanted you to know about that egg!

I found this to be an entertaining and informative article by Shadrach about understanding the "egg song."
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call