Fertilized eggs

[chickenboy2001]

One of our buff orpington hens turned out to be a rooster. We have heard that it's okay to eat a fresh fertilized egg, but an egg that has been sitting a while is no different than eating a chick, and is inedible. How long do you have until it develops enough to be inedible?

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

as long as no hen is sitting on the egg for 2-3 days there will be no chick in the egg....just refrigerate them and they will be fine just like any other egg...no chick inside.

 

[chickenboy2001]

Thanks

 

[Chambertin]

I guess it depends on your definition of inedible.
A chick is quite edible, and in fact some cultures Really like them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)
Those pictures are Nothing compared to what I saw on my trip to Manila, the chicks there were almost ready to hatch.

I cant say that it was my late night go to, but people surely do it.
My advice is to stick any possibly fertilized eggs in the fridge. Even with the fertilized ones there are many people who cant get enough to take and develop into an embryo. So dont worry much about anything but the "eeew" factor. I think that the egg would spoil before it develops into a chick.

 

[Judy]

Eggs have to be incubated to develop, either under a hen or in an incubator. Incubators are set at about 100 degrees. Eggs do not develop at room temperature. In many countries they are stored and sold for eating at room temperature, not refrigerated.

 

[Chambertin]

Completely agree, flockwatcher
Still many people feel safer with them in the fridge. Out here people are confused when I put eggs in the fridge.
Old habits I guess.

 

[chfite]

We have an active, virile rooster. If no hen sits on the eggs, nothing develops. I collect eggs daily, so no chances here.

Chris

 

[bobbi-j]

We have fertilized eggs. I collect eggs daily and let them sit on the counter for up to two weeks. You'd never know they were fertilized - they look and taste just like an unfertilized one.

 

[Habibs Hens]

im currently eating fertalised eggs and so is my family and they know they are fertile

they taste nore look any different

one thing that is important is to crack them open in a bowl or dish before use

any blood and discard the egg

thats a sign of either development or dead embryo due to bacteria

 

[Cindy in PA]

Eggs can have blood or meat spots without being fertilized by a rooster. This is not a sign of a fertilized egg & is not a developing chick.