To eat or not to eat?

[tanktop74]

My other half and I are not in agreement on this....

We have a rooster that grew up with the hens, should have been a hen but you know how that goes.

He has started to mate with some of the girls.

I collect eggs several times a day. If the egg has been fertilized can we still consume them?

I say yes, as they don't start to develop until they are sat on or incubated. the egg itself just contains a few more DNA than before.

Am I right or wrong?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You can eat the fertilized eggs. As long as they haven’t been incubated they will not develop into an embryo.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

there is no reason not to consume the eggs.

 

[DobieLover]

I eat 2 or more fertilized eggs a day. Why would she think you couldn't? No embryo develops that fast.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

If it is truly going to bother the other half, as you didnt plan to have a rooster anyway, just rehome or otherwise remove the male

 

[tanktop74]

If it is truly going to bother the other half, as you didnt plan to have a rooster anyway, just rehome or otherwise remove the male

That will probably be the plan eventually, but she is worried that I am selling eggs to eat to coworkers that are potentially fertilized.

 

[tanktop74]

I eat 2 or more fertilized eggs a day. Why would he think you couldn't? No embryo develops that fast.

Funny thing, she can't actually eat eggs. She is worried that I am selling eggs for eating to coworkers that are potentially fertilized.

 

[DobieLover]

Funny thing, she can't actually eat eggs. She is worried that I am selling eggs for eating to coworkers that are potentially fertilized.

Hopefully we've all reassured her that selling fertilized eggs for eating is not a problem at all. I do that too.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Funny thing, she can't actually eat eggs. She is worried that I am selling eggs for eating to coworkers that are potentially fertilized.

Commercial egg producers probably sell the occasional fertile egg. Since 10-15% of sexed pullets are cockerels, there's probably roosters in battery cages...

 

[Chef JimmyJ]

Fertilized does nothing to the Egg except add the rooster's DNA. Unless you know what to look for, you would not see the VERY slight change, a white circle around the tiny white Dot of female DNA. There is No change in taste, No change to consistency, No change to the Yolks Color. Nothing changes unless the Egg gets Incubated at 100+ degrees. Not likely going to happen on the counter or in the refer...Since people domesticated the Chicken, they have had Hens and Roosters. Eating Fertilized Eggs is Thousands of years old. The Rumor that you should not eat Fertilized Eggs, likely came from Big Egg Producers that want you to buy Grocery Store Eggs that are never fertile...JJ