fertile eggs? Can I eat them????

[Tracie70]

I hope I am posting this in the right section for this question.
I am very new to this....My chickens are about 8 weeks old and I am just trying to gather up information. I am pretty sure that I have two roosters... I am going to post some pictures in that category but for now my question is>>>> Can I eat fertile eggs? If so when I get them from my coop, in the morning how do I store them and will the baby chick stop growing. I don't want to crack open an egg one morning and find a little feathered friend. I would feel horrible and I don't think I would ever be able to eat eggs again...

 

[WriterofWords]

If you pick up your eggs right away and don't let hens sit on them, put them in the fridge and they won't develop. They are no different from non-fertile eggs in taste and usability.

 

[Illia]

I eat fertile eggs everyday. It is perfectly fine. . . In order for you to actually eat a baby chick, the egg would have to be under exactly 99.5 degrees with adequate humidity for over 4 days.

It takes 21 days for the chick to fully mature in an egg, granted both those variables are still occuring. . .

So you're perfectly fine! All you'll eat is a normal egg with a little extra present left by the rooster. Sounds gross, but you cook the egg anyway. . .

 

[AHappychick]

yep sure can eat them very little difference heres a good thread you would be surprised what the only visable difference is

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

 

[Southernbelle]

I eat fertile eggs every day. I just gather the eggs every day. There's no difference in taste or texture and nothing special you have to do to the eggs. I heard of some people picking out the white cords in the eggs because they thought it was rooster sperm (it's not.)

Unless you have a broody hen, the eggs won't start to develop unless you incubate them. Even if you do have a broody hen, collecting the eggs every day will keep them from developing.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I work out and have 2 eggs every day before the gym and I am in perfect health and all my eggs are fertile.

 

[mrbstephens]

Most of the time the hen will just leave the egg anyway. If left, they'd rot. The only time they'd develop into anything is with consistent warmth from a hen willing to sit on it or an incubator. I gather mine once a day and set them on the counter. They're good for a couple of weeks like this. They are fertile and I eat them. I know they are fertile, because of my extremely active lover of a rooster and because I can see a difference in the tiny white dot on the yolk. The eggs are delicious and taste exactly the same if they were NOT fertile.