Can we eat the first eggs?

[love2sail]

Hi all,

I have been lurking around the forum for months now learning valuable stuff on raising chickens. We got 6 chicks back in March and they are now 20 weeks old (today exactly) and we got our first egg today, pretty exciting!! My question is... can we eat the first eggs? It is fairly small and the shell feels very thin but is it okay to eat them?

Thanks in advance and I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Steve

 

[speckledhen]

Absolutely! I never could figure out where that came from, not being able to eat the first eggs. Anyway, they're perfectly fine to eat. Enjoy!
OH, and welcome to the madness!

 

[cookinmom]

Congratulations on that first egg! The whole egg thing is so exciting.
And welcome to the forum!

 

[love2sail]

Thanks for the warm welcome! And glad to know they're ok to eat. I don't know why I thought they might not be ok to eat, just thought they may need to clean the new pipes out first or something.

Thanks for the input!

 

[SpottedCrow]

They're fine to eat...Us sentimentalists blow them out and keep them as souveniers.