Fertile Eggs - A Problem?!

[jak2002003]

I am constantly hearing people worry about having a rooster because they don't want to eat fertile eggs as they worry there will be a chick inside.

One lady who had been eating my chickens egg for months, is now refusing them because she found out I have roosters too.

People don't seem to understand that a chick will not develop in the egg unless its incubated, either in an incubator, or under a broody hen. Even then the embryo will not be easily visible for several days.

Even if the eggs are not collected every day, there is no chance of any development if they are not brooded.

It would be lovely if I could just leave a few eggs on my table and wait till they hatched.

I also had a neighbour who would not eat my duck eggs as they had 'been on the ground' and 'not in the fridge'. She did not know the best before date like the ones in the supermarket. uhhhhhhhhh...........

 

[cassie]

You know that's funny. Some stores charge extra for fertile eggs. My mother used to always buy fertile eggs from Trader Joes. She kept them in the refrigerator and she never got a chick. There are some BYC members, though, that did get chicks from Trader Joe's eggs. Of course they incubated them first.

 

[Oregon Blues]

There is no accounting for some people's unreasonable food prejudices and there is nothing you can do about it. Just sell to someone else who appreciates the fresh eggs.

 

[BettyR]

There is an article about fertile eggs on Mother Earth news saying that fertile eggs stay fresh and eatable almost twice as long as no-fertile ones.

 

[donrae]

Oh, I like the idea of hatching them on the table!

I often don't collect my eggs every day, even in the summer. Wouldn't it be great to just leave them in the coop starting from say mid June til early September, go out and collect the chicks that had hatched every day or so? You could put those incubator folks right out of business!

 

[cassie]

There is an article about fertile eggs on Mother Earth news saying that fertile eggs stay fresh and eatable almost twice as long as no-fertile ones.

It would be interesting to do a controlled study on that. My guess is the statement simply isn't true. Be interesting to know for sure.

 

[holyhart]

A friend of mine wouldn't eat the eggs from my chickens because she thinks eggs should be pasteurized and she was sure she would end up with salmonella if she did.

 

[cassie]

Ask her to check with the grocery store where she shops and to see how many of the store eggs are pasteurized. She may be in for a bit of a shock.

 

[Oregon Blues]

It is possible to buy pasteurized eggs at the grocery store. So it is possible that is what the friend is buying.

 

[ChickNhood]

There is an article about fertile eggs on Mother Earth news saying that fertile eggs stay fresh and eatable almost twice as long as no-fertile ones.

 

Thst article also stressed that the fertility most lieky had nothing to do with it because the blloms of the non fertile eggs had been washed