Fertile Eggs - A Problem?!

[cassie]

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

Yes. It is possible to buy pasteurized eggs at the grocery store. But most grocery store eggs, at least where I have ever bought them, are not pasteurized. I am betting she just thinks that because the eggs came from the supermarket that means that they are pasteurized.

 

[holyhart]

Yes. It is possible to buy pasteurized eggs at the grocery store. But most grocery store eggs, at least where I have ever bought them, are not pasteurized. I am betting she just thinks that because the eggs came from the supermarket that means that they are pasteurized.

This was exactly her thought. That just like store boughten milk is pasteurized, that store boughten eggs must be also. She didn't believe me when I told her they weren't until she next went to the store to try to prove me wrong. Of course half the time, she also just buys egg product in a carton and I do believe that IS pasteurized. OY!

It is absolutely crazy to me how far removed from our food society has become. Most folks no longer realize where there food comes from. Or for that matter if it is actually even food!

 

[mountainchick24]

It makes me angry that some people are afraid to eat my chickens eggs because I let my chickens free range and eat BUGS. They're worried that they'll find a bug part in one of their eggs.

 

[risadawn]

It makes me angry that some people are afraid to eat my chickens eggs because I let my chickens free range and eat BUGS. They're worried that they'll find a bug part in one of their eggs.

Whaaaaaat??? Oh wow..... Bless their hearts.......

 

[gaitngirl]

I just acquired a gorgeous young rooster 2 days ago and my sister (who loves getting fresh eggs from me) says she will no longer eat them because she doesn't want to take a chance of cracking open a bloody egg or one with a partially formed chick. I remember that happening a couple times when I was growing up - with store-bought eggs! I'm in my 40's now and I don't think that happens anymore with the way chickens are kept . . but I collect the eggs from my girls every day (sometimes tapping my foot outside the nest box so the eggs don't sit outside in the heat while I'm at work, lol) and they go right into the fridge. The Ameraucana rooster is kept in my second chicken tractor (that houses other Ameraucanas and Marans). He is so pretty and so friendly with people and the other chickens. When he's loose in the yard he hangs with the ducks. My other chicken tractor houses my Isa Browns and Black Sex Links - they will never be exposed. I told my sister she can still have eggs from that lot (and that she'll be able to tell them apart from my other eggs because of the color). And ultimately the plan is to set up a third coop/run specifically for the Ameraucanas and the rooster. I would like to let them brood a couple nests in the spring and have chicks available for friends.

 

[cassie]

With food fetishes, logic has nothing whatever to do with anything. However, you might tell sis that bloody eggs, or meat spots, have nothing to do with whether or not the egg is fertile. And as for finding a half formed chick, as her how she thinks this is going to happen if the egg is not incubated. Tell her you would really like to know, because it would be so much simpler if you could get baby chicks without the bother of incubating them. Then you might send her to someplace like Trader Joe's, if they are in your area, or a health food store or even a supermarket that carries fertile eggs (some do) and have her buy a dozen fertile eggs from there. Then ask her to show you how many half formed chicks she got from those eggs. Tell her inquiring minds want to know.

 

[micheller1210]

yes I remember chicks forming in eggs too without having to be incubated, from store bought eggs. not a pretty sight especially when having boiled them for 3minute eggs...lol I too am in my 40's.
Chicks were pretty resilient under tough conditions to be hatching then.

 

[cassie]

yes I remember chicks forming in eggs too without having to be incubated, from store bought eggs. not a pretty sight especially when having boiled them for 3minute eggs...lol I too am in my 40's.
Chicks were pretty resilient under tough conditions to be hatching then.

They were incubated. You just don't know about it. Most probably the eggs were not gathered when they should have been, and they were hidden under a broody that was missed. Not all hens that produce eggs for commercial establishments are kept in batteries.