Fertile Eggs

[RyderTheChicken]

so I have two juvenile roosters and I have a bunch of hens. So I have wanted to sell eggs in a small scale operation for a long time, but my mom thinks that people wont like the eggs because when they are fertile they have a white dot on them. So I am wondering if anyone else has sold fertile eating eggs and if they had luck selling them.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

A lot of people on here sell eggs and have a rooster, there is no difference beetween firstly and unfirtle eggs. And ALL eggs have a white dot, if they are fertile they have a bullseye. Personally I sell firstly eggs just fine absolutely nobody cares.

 

[starri33]

Fertile or not Fertile, there is no difference in taste, people would have to do a close inspection and know what they are looking for even to tell, I've read where people have taken store bought eggs and hatched them.. Make sure you collect them every day to make sure that your hens are not sitting on them and you end up with partially formed chicks.

 

[Acre4Me]

For the sake of clarification, a rooster is a male chicken over 1 year of age. A “juvenile rooster”, under 1 year of age, is called a cockerel. So, do you have cockerels or roosters?

For thousands of years, people have been eating fertile eggs. Eggs won’t start to develop unless a high enough temp is maintained, like when a hen, or multiple hens sit on the eggs. If you did not collect your eggs frequently, then it would be possible for development to occur due to one or multiple hens using the nest box to lay...even more due to a broody. So, collect the eggs a couple of times a day at least, and your eggs will be fine.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I watched a video of a guy buy 4 dozen eggs from a grocery store, and put them in an incubator. Some did indeed hatched. It's not just small farms or members that sell fertile eggs. Even if you've never eaten a farm fresh egg, you've probably consumed fertile eggs.

 

[aart]

And ALL eggs have a white dot, if they are fertile they have a bullseye.

Yes, this^^^

This thread shows a plethora of examples of fertile and non-fertile yolks:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures.16008/

 

[RyderTheChicken]

For the sake of clarification, a rooster is a male chicken over 1 year of age. A “juvenile rooster”, under 1 year of age, is called a cockerel. So, do you have cockerels or roosters?

For thousands of years, people have been eating fertile eggs. Eggs won’t start to develop unless a high enough temp is maintained, like when a hen, or multiple hens sit on the eggs. If you did not collect your eggs frequently, then it would be possible for development to occur due to one or multiple hens using the nest box to lay...even more due to a broody. So, collect the eggs a couple of times a day at least, and your eggs will be fine.

Sorry they are cockerels

 

[starri33]

Sorry they are cockerels

Not quite old enough then to be doing the wild thing.. so you could reassure your mom that there isn't a chance yet of them being fertile.