What do you do with your infertile incubated eggs??

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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Dipsy - did I read that correctly???? Day 6 infertile incubated eggs; you have scrambled and fed to your DH???

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Yes, you read correctly. They looked, cooked, smelled, and tasted just like fresh eggs. I tasted them, but don't care much for hard scrambled eggs.

Lisa

 

[duy_quan]

Thank

 

[immyjay54]

Do you have a large insurance policy on your DH or what. I sure wouldn't want to eat those eggs after being in the incubator. lol Please, don't think I'm being smart.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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You and your iron stomach DH are my new heros!

 

[MaBo]

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I commend you Dipsy Doodle Doo on not being afraid to think outside the box! Something funny I've noticed is that we have lots of inconsistent and unfounded phobia's about things we don't understand (and I'm including myself here!). Many of us have happily eaten chickens raised in atrocious conditions and injected full of hormones, and antibiotics in an attempt to kill off the mass of bacteria they are exposed to, yet we are afraid of eating a 6-day old incubated egg that just didn't 'go'. Or, we'll happily drink a glass of ice cold milk that came from who-knows-how-many cows in a mass confinement farm which has been pasteurized to kill off all the bacteria from the blood and puss secreted into the milk due to the conditions the cows are raised in, yet on the other hand we'll be ultra-super cautious to buy raw milk from a farmer who milked it themselves from one or several cows raised in their pasture.

And then there's the thing about feeding the eggs to the dogs.... LOL. I can understand the concern for indoor dogs and not wanting to clean up an occasional barf pile. But aside from that, I second the comments by others who have pointed out, "have you ever seen what dogs actually eat on their own?" Something I often ask people who wince at feeding raw meat to dogs, is "have you ever seen a carnivore in the wild attempt to cook it's meat before eating it?" Are domestic carnivores' digestive system different from wild carnivores'?

I think throwing away any organic material that contains any amount of protein and nutrition, and not chemically toxic or GMO stuff, is a real bummer and waste. I think we need to get over the unfounded fears and confront the real ones, like the harmful toxic things we are exposed to in our everyday environment and food supply. Things come to mind like GMO, HFCS, heavy metals, which are very difficult to avoid these days in store-bought food. What could possibly be wrong with cooking the eggs and feeding them back to the chickens? Or at least the dogs? Or at the very least, give to the compost pile, or worms, or black-soldier grubs? (They'll eat practically anything, even poo, then give you back awesome chicken food in the form of mature grubs)

To answer the OP's question, I either
a) cook/eat them if they are infertile
b) blend/mix them in (uncooked) with other chopped-up food scraps and feed back to the chickens
c) blender them up and feed to the dogs
d) blender them all up and dump in the compost/worm-bin/grub-bin

Can anyone comment on real potential hazards with any of those options?

 

[scatteredeggs]

"I commend you Dipsy Doodle Doo on not being afraid to think outside the box! Something funny I've noticed is that we have lots of inconsistent and unfounded phobia's about things we don't understand (and I'm including myself here!). Many of us have happily eaten chickens raised in atrocious conditions and injected full of hormones, and antibiotics in an attempt to kill off the mass of bacteria they are exposed to, yet we are afraid of eating a 6-day old incubated egg that just didn't 'go'. Or, we'll happily drink a glass of ice cold milk that came from who-knows-how-many cows in a mass confinement farm which has been pasteurized to kill off all the bacteria from the blood and puss secreted into the milk due to the conditions the cows are raised in, yet on the other hand we'll be ultra-super cautious to buy raw milk from a farmer who milked it themselves from one or several cows raised in their pasture.

And then there's the thing about feeding the eggs to the dogs.... LOL. I can understand the concern for indoor dogs and not wanting to clean up an occasional barf pile. But aside from that, I second the comments by others who have pointed out, "have you ever seen what dogs actually eat on their own?" Something I often ask people who wince at feeding raw meat to dogs, is "have you ever seen a carnivore in the wild attempt to cook it's meat before eating it?" Are domestic carnivores' digestive system different from wild carnivores'?"

2X.

i am from the philippines where the (in)famous balut eggs come from. My DH is an american who goes

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when he hears the word balut. (initially he thought they're eaten raw and unboiled)
think of a place where every resource is valuable. after so many days in the incubator (18)
both infertile and unhatched developed embryo are boiled to evolve into another food item. Balut has since emerged as a restaurant fare, when fried after being boiled.
very race has its own different food ways. some pay lots of money for (quote) a luxury delicacy, consisting of processed, salted, non-fertilized sturgeon roe. The roe can be "fresh" (non-pasteurized) or pasteurized, the latter having much less culinary and economic value. (unquote) in some other countries, oysters are eaten fresh, while in Manila, it is steamed or grilled or baked.

chicken/duck feet anyone? (a popular Chinese dimsum item).

(it's all about precious/valuable resources)

(sorry if going out of topic)

 

[quibs]

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Just pointing out that, yes, domestic and wild carnivores do have different digestive tracts. One of the qualifications for domestication is that the animal has different dietary needs than its wild counterpart. Dogs and wolves do have different digestive tracts. Wolves eat raw meat all the time and evolved to better handle those things. Dogs have been human fed for a long time now and have evolved accordingly

But I agree with eating the infertile and quitters from the incubator. I've eaten some of the infertile ones myself and the partially developed ones I feed back to the chickens

 

[MaBo]

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Ah! I was going to mention 'balut' but couldn't remember the name! Thanks quibs Great point, every resource is indeed valuable in some way.


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Regarding there being major digestive differences between wild and domestic which would prevent domestic animals from eating raw meats... that seems contrary to my experience. I'm not dogmatically (no pun intended, LOL) saying you are wrong, but I would be interested in any research or sources that demonstrate a real danger to feeding raw animal products to domestic animals. And I think this is still on-topic because we are talking about feeding raw animal products (eggs in this case) to domestic animals (chickens, dogs, cats, etc... in this case). If what you are saying is true, I should not feed raw meat, eggs, fish, etc. to my domestic chickens, dogs, cats, etc. I have had no problems doing in this thus far, within common sense limits of course (no rotting, maggot infested, diseased, etc). As a matter of fact, I think it is MUCH HEALTHIER for a domestic animal to eat real raw animal products, as opposed to the majority of animal foods available today which are totally unnatural - primarily corn/rice/grains, and other waste bi-products which cannot be sold for human consumption.

 

[quibs]

Its not that it presents a danger to domestic animals, but like humans they can live off of vegetables and other sources and it is healthier for them to do so. Wolves on the other hand, cannot survive without the raw meats

For example, domestic animals will not get sick or anything from raw meats, but they will not be as healthy. Its like if a human lived off of fatty foods and starches