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Just raising for the eggs atm. Would like to get to a point where we could "bred" and sell them as well. But my biggest fear is collecting eggs going to eat one and finding a baby chick.. think that will ruin me... lol
That's a common concern on here but unless the egg is incubated you will not find a baby chick in it. If the egg is incubated for a few days a chick can start to develop and you can see the results of that. So collect the eggs daily and store them at household temperatures or in the fridge. Just collect daily.
 
That's a common concern on here but unless the egg is incubated you will not find a baby chick in it. If the egg is incubated for a few days a chick can start to develop and you can see the results of that. So collect the eggs daily and store them at household temperatures or in the fridge. Just collect daily.
Thats actually NOT true. I sold eggs to my godparents only to have my godmother not eat for an entire week when she found a dead muran baby fully developed but dead and we run a tight ship. Im so glad she didnt sue me 😭😭😭 I have no clue how that happened . I now tell my kids don’t collect from secret nests you find
 
Thats actually NOT true. I sold eggs to my godparents only to have my godmother not eat for an entire week when she found a dead muran baby fully developed but dead and we run a tight ship. Im so glad she didnt sue me 😭😭😭 I have no clue how that happened . I now tell my kids don’t collect from secret nests you find
Oh no🫣
 
I know she still has problems eating eggs now :(
I just wish ts was better at guaranteeing what we asked for. The ts store in town has a girl that knows her stuff, but they ran out of birds. So we headed to the next ts up the road, cause I was getting my babies yesterday. Lol the girl there was like I'll try...
 
Thats actually NOT true. I sold eggs to my godparents only to have my godmother not eat for an entire week when she found a dead muran baby fully developed but dead and we run a tight ship. Im so glad she didnt sue me 😭😭😭 I have no clue how that happened . I now tell my kids don’t collect from secret nests you find
What isn't true?

If that egg was from a secret nest your kids found, then clearly it had been laid close to three weeks ago AND either been under a broody hen or in ambient temperatures warm enough for a chick to fully develop.

Collecting eggs (that are freshly laid and haven't been sitting around for unknown amounts of time) regularly will prevent the issue OP is concerned about.
 
It was still in tbe coop, it CAN happen, it WASNT incubated. No need to get hostile all I said is it CAN and DOES happen. Have a lovely day:)
It was incubated either under a broody or simply through being left in temperatures warm enough for the embryo to develop. Incubation doesn't necessarily have to mean being put in an incubator.

For the chick to be fully formed, the egg had to have been left uncollected for close to three weeks.

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