I just set 42 TJs Fertile Eggs! >>>>>Final Count 32!!!!

[95yj]

i'm a little confused, do the grocery stores sell fertile eggs to eat or hatch. a grocery store does not seem like a place where one would find poultry supplies so i'm gonna guess eat. which leads me to my second question, who would [presumably] pay more for a fertile egg to eat, do they have a different nutrient composition or are they just for people so detatched from their food that they don't realize that an egg is an egg?

 

[greathorse]

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Here ya go, doesn't make sense to a lot of folks but I promise you that if Trader Joe's is selling fertile eggs the market driven by those that see nutrional value is large enough for them to make them available. There are few retailers that do more research on product demand than TJ.

Now lets all remember they got their start in California, LOL

Yes for eating

 

[quailbrain]

We have Trader Joes here in Oregon and I love them! Something about Three Buck Chuck

Next time I'm in there you know I'll be sifting through the eggs looking now..... thanks a lot BYC

 

[Bock_Bock]

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lol good luck and i will be watching for your thread too

 

[gotpoodle]

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Best red wine ever!!

 

[slickchik]

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Is it really three buck chuck for you? In California it is called "Two-Buck Chuck" because it is $1.99 (duh

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[quailbrain]

It is the best for a cheap wine huh! Their holiday was great. Yeah it's just about $3 but we don't have sales tax here. I can't wait to see if they carry fertile eggs and how old they are? And the state has a high liquor tax too..... not sure if that's why?

 

[highcountrychickens]

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See? That's how it goes... a couple-a bottles of Chuck, and you wake up with 2 dozen eggs in the incubator...

better that a tatoo!

 

[LizFM]

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I doubt if most people think that a fertile egg is really more nutritious (I could be wrong about that). I think the reason that people will buy them (and no doubt pay a premium) is that they believe that it's better for the hens to live that way. Maybe 'satisfied' hens lay better eggs

I'm sure they consider it a more natural and humane way to keep chickens and get eggs. There's a whole lot of people who are surprised when you tell them that a hen will lay eggs with no rooster around. And the next thing that's often out of their mouths when they find out is how awful that is for a hen. So a fertilized egg is a good marketing tool to show that your chickens have a good quality of life and aren't battery kept.

 

[greathorse]

35 years in the heart of the Natural food business and I am telling you there is a signicant group of consumers that believe that the fertile eggs has a more complete "energy" when consumed I think that animal welfare is a part of that, but most know that cage free with a rooster or without is pretty much the same deal from a welfare standpoint. A lot of eggs are clearly marketed as cage free without the fertile designation, this is a far broader market than the fertile market.

Much of science will try to convince you that there is no nutritional differnece between organic and non organic growing practices. Most folks that spend money on organically grown foods beleive that in addition to it being a better way to grow things also beleive that the nutrition is more complete.

This is all anecdotaol of course but again I have spent a lot of time with the consumer that makes decisions to buy these goods and this is what I hear.

But on the other hand one of the things I have noticed is that the deeper someone's expertise on a subject the more likely that it will be discounted, so hypothesize away.