The Great Wal-Mart Organic Eggs Experiment (Pics)

[Marlinchaser]

Quote:
what eggs are 1-7?
and 20 ........ inquireing minds want to know.

 

[Dar]

this could get interesting

 

[backdoorchicken]

i'm sorry but i don't see this happening. i would love to eat my words though.

 

[sweet tweets]

 

[citalk2much]

Well I am going to watch the thread to see what happens

 

[HenMaster]

Mellow in Yellow,
1-7 are ringneck pheasent #20 is suspose to be the same as 15-28- Frizzle Cochin bantams. I can't wait to see what comes out also.
I got 15-28 form "The Pets Paw"
HenMaster

 

[EngieKisses]

 

[Rootball]

Im still surprised that people are surprised when these things turn out to be fertile.

Here is another current thread where someone has already gotten 7 viable eggs from a dozen organic Safeway eggs which are not marked fertile.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=212813


Here is a link to information which states that the broiler industry often releases unneeded hatching eggs to grocery stores for human consumption, and we know they arent labeled as organic or freerange or anything gucci.

When there is an excess of hatching eggs in the poultry meat industry, eggs from broiler breeder flocks can be sold for human consumption. A large percentage of these eggs will be fertile. Fertilized eggs are safe to eat. There is no nutritional difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The embryo does not develop in fertilized eggs that are refrigerated soon after laying
From University of Florida fact sheet

 

[fargosmom]

Gosh! I sure do wish you luck, but there's an awful lot of misinformation about "organic" out there. It refers to methods of raising animals and produce without chemical additives (chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, etc). It doesn't have anything to do with whether or not the eggs are fertile. But I do hope your experiment pays off!

 

[k2chickens]

wow...i will be following this thread...keep it updated!!!!