Oh no!HELP PLEASE!

[coltsrox]

chirpy it does make alot of sense and i would LOVE to get another one!! i really would but i don't know what my father would think of it he doesn't even like the chicks!!!
thankx for explaning so u don't think he will be nasty of she starts poppin out babbies? and when she does how will we know what we can eat and and whats a baby?
thank u alos run-a-muck-ranch!!!!

 

[MissPrissy]

Nothing she lays will be a baby. Chicks do not form until an egg has been incubated either by the hen or in an incubator for at least 24 hours.

You can eat fertile or infertile eggs. There is no difference. Collect your eggs several times a day and use them.

 

[Chirpy]

If you have a Rooster with a hen then all her eggs will be fertiziled. That means that they could be incubated and hatched into chicks.

However... if you collect them each day you just eat them like any egg. They don't 'become' a baby until they are incubated.

Most of us run Roos with our flocks but eat all the eggs we collect.

 

[coltsrox]

i must admit miss prissy and chirpy ya got me confused!lol. so as long as i gather them every day and eat them everyday i'll be fine? what if i collect them and put them in my fridge? it sounds alot like abortion! i know their chicks but isn't like the same thing? i'm VERY pro-life...in the human abortion area...u know what i mean, right? what does incubator mean? sorry!i'm sorry i'm a slow learner!

 

[MissPrissy]

There will be no babies in your eggs until they have been put in a box that is regulated to a temp of 100 degrees for 21 days or a broody hen sits on them and does the same.

There is no abortion. The embryo will not grow, develop or form a heart beat until it has been incubated. fertile just means there is the potential for a hatched chick not that it will happen - and it won't unless you incubate them either with a hen or with an artificial means.

No worries. Fertile or not fertile, collect the eggs every day, store them on the counter top in a cool ktichen for 2 weeks or put them straight in your fridge. They are perfectly edible either way.

 

[silkiechicken]

Yep, no baby in that egg till you put it in an incubator. Even if you cracked it open after one day in the incubator, it won't even have a heart. Just a mass of cells. Keep it in the bator for two days, and if you look very very very very very close, you might see a heart beat.

 

[mandomama]

If its a concern, rehome the roos.

 

[coltsrox]

Quote:
rehome him???????are you crrazy???????lol thank u miss prissy!!! and silkiechiken!

 

[mandomama]

So people are very sensitive to this "when does life begin" stuff. To some, a mass of cells is too much. I did not intend to offend you. Sorry.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

I'm not trying to belittle anyone here but if the hen (when old enough) starts popping out babies as you said, don't wait for them to hatch, just eat them and I'm sure your Dad will thank you for the wonderful breakfast.