I ask the stupidest questions!

[Gracie_Chickie]

So, let me understand. If an egg is fertile, it is ok to treat it like any other egg and just eat it? Or, will it have blood in it???

 

[bantymum]

No please dont put them through that, it isnt necessary at all.
I love my roosters, get him young and handle him often and watch his beautiful feathers come out as he grows.
They are beautiful creatures and you just need to collect the eggs if you cant have babies, too easy!!!
I have noticed that my roos only get aggressive once the mum is sitting on eggs or with new born chicks and you wont have "that" issue if you collect the eggs.
You can also sell the fertilised eggs online if they are purebreds!!!
Good luck

 

[herechickchick]

I had a friend who had her roo caponized and he was fine. A silver phoenix, his name was Mr. Cool. She says he was a good boy who never gave them problems, did not crow often and was very friendly. That was years ago and Mr. Cool has now gone to the big coop in the sky.

 

[mdbucks]

Dont caponize, If he is an only roo, he will have no reason to be aggressive.

Brahma's come in Banty size and REAL chicken size. Light/Dark/ and Buff

 

[ole-crone]

Gracie - that's right - a fertile egg is like any other. You just eat them like unfertile ones. Once in a while you might find an egg with blood in it - but I've NEVER found blood in one.

 

[rooster-red]

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When you neuter other animals, it is done from outside of the abdomen.
When you camponize you have to open the roo's abdomen up, its not like a neuter at all.

IF he survives he won't have the drive to protect the hens, he won't dance for them, he'll be a yard ornament that just eats your food and wanders around.

 

[Chickadee28]

I know that neutering a dog is surgically easier and less complicated than a rooster, I was just wondering if there were benefits behavior wise. By saying that my male animals had no ill effects, I meant that their behavior is better and they are not overweight. Any surgical procedure is serious and needs to be looked into.

 

[tiffanyh]

I though blood in the egg was normal occasionally, with or without the rooster.

My roo is great. I pull eggs daily to make sure no one goes brody-hopefully- and dont have to worry about chicks......unless I want!!

 

[Windy Ridge]

Blood spots in the eggs actually have nothing to do with whether the eggs are fertilized or not. Blood spots are a problem with the laying hen--not usually a problem that needs to be treated medically, but if you do hatch eggs, you probably won't want to breed a hen that lays eggs with blood spots.

 

[kbmead]

We started out with banty hens and added a Rhodie rooster a year ago. They all get along great, and the ladies really enjoy having a man around. We've allowed our hens to set a couple of times since then, and the offspring have turned out banty-size or a little bigger.

Like folks have said previously, if you collect the eggs every day, you won't end up with chicks, and fertilized eggs are perfectly edible. Our problem sometimes is when we have a broody hen, and she sits on an egg for a couple of days before we collect it. Since the blood vessels are the first thing to develop inside the egg, it might be bloody inside or the yolk will break immediately. So, we always break our eggs into a separate bowl to check them before we use them. When none of our hens are broody, we don't have to worry about it.

Good luck!