Fertilized eggs causing stomach upset?

[HippsHomestead]

I know this post is old but I just wanted to verify the legitimacy of what the original author suggested. I believe I have isolated an allergy in myself to fertilized eggs as well but only a mild intolerance to any other type of egg or store bought egg. Since store bought eggs are not fertilized (no need for a rooster in the factory) we are not at all accustomed to eating fertilized eggs in this country. When I got the flu vaccine this year I reacted to it. Only after I reacted to my own backyard eggs from my newly acquired chickens, did I realize that both the eggs from my backyard and the flu vaccine have one thing in common... fertilization. There are a number of other people who suspect they may react to only fertilized eggs as well. The part that makes me happy is that I can still keep and eat my backyard eggs but I just have to nix or castrate the roosters

 

[2 chiks n a roo]

Hi, I did a search so I don't know if this topic has been addressed yet so here goes:

I'm well over middle aged and I've been eating eggs my entire life without any trouble. I've also been eating my own chickens' eggs for over two years now. The first batch of chicks we had for about two years but there was no rooster and I didn't have any trouble from eating those eggs. Now we have a rooster and in just the last month, every time I have my normal morning eggs, I develop very bad stomach pains and gas. It's definitely the eggs. I don't have any issues with any other foods, except maybe the "normal" beans/cooked onion gas (but no stomach pain). The only things different are, different set of hens and my rooster is definitely being frisky. Has anyone heard of this? No one else that has been eating these eggs are having this trouble. Thanks

Hi, yes an alergy to fertilized eggs is a real thing, and really annoying.
As a kid I got sick eating some eggs but not others, we never had chickens so they were always store bought.
I now have chickens for the first time and a rooster. Up until a month ago, I was able to eat the eggs, because Sir Rhodey wasn't in with the girls, but now, because I want to grow a flock, I can't eat the eggs without being sick. And that pain you feel, it gets worse if the eggs were warm for too long and not collected for a few days.
Best thing to do is use them in a banana cake with baking soda, or separate a couple of hens for eggs for yourself
I've got one girl separate, her eggs are mine