Eating fertile eggs

[houseofclucks]

I toying with the idea of getting a rooster. I have 8 hens and my family enjoys their company and we eat their eggs. I would only keep the rooster for the color and the drama. I know a good portion if not all of the eggs would be fertile once the rooster comes of age. I was woundering about having fertile eggs and how they differ from non fertile eggs? Would I run the risk of cracking open a egg to eat and finding something I didn't want to find and get turned off from ever eating eggs again? Who out there eats fertile eggs? Thanks for any replies.

 

[okiron]

If you collect your eggs on a timely basis you have nothing to worry about. If you're collecting eggs once every 2 weeks and have a broody hen then yeah, you might get a surprise.

 

[giasmom]

I eat my fresh fertile eggs everyday. No problems yet. Fertile, non-fertile they all taste the same.

 

[pattypenny]

As long as they are fresh they are fine but if they are under setting hen you would get a chick. if they were not fertile they would be rotten.
I had a friend one time who ate our eggs, she said wouldn't it be fun to give these eggs to some one and after they ate them tell them the eggs are fertile? I said all the eggs are fertile cause we have a rooster! she never ate another one of our eggs.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

We have roosters and all our eggs are fertile. Like the others said, as long as you collect the eggs daily they'll be fine. If you have broody hens, don't let them set unless you separate them. Otherwise they will set on other hens' eggs and then you might get a surprise (like my mom did LOL) Won't make THAT mistake again!