Now he can be King Henry.I read that as long as we gather daily and egg is away from brooding then should be fine to just eat up normal. Guess he stays and gets a new name though. Was Helen Bertha after my mean grandmother. Now the chicken politics are making more sense.
Collecting eggs daily is just a good practice regardless of trying to prevent broodiness. But it will not prevent a broody from going broody who is truly got her mind set on it. But there are ways to break a broody if you don't want her to hatch.
Eggs will not start to develop unless they're being sat on for a length of time. There's nothing wrong with eating fertile eggs. I've been doing it for many years.