what do you guys do with infertile eggs?

[kiskateara]

tomorrow will mark day 14 of incubating, and i'm happy to announce that out of the 8 eggs, 5 of them have developed so far!! 3, however, seem to be infertile.

upon asking my dad the other day, he said we will just toss the infertile eggs out into the woods. now i know there aren't any chicks in the eggs- its just like any regular egg you'd eat. tossing them out is no big deal. however, hearing that didn't really sit well with me, and i know it's definitely because i've gotten unusually attached to all of the eggs- including the ones that hadn't developed.

obviously i'm not keeping them around, but i kinda wanna bury them somewhere- maybe it's odd, maybe it's not. but it feels wrong to toss them out just like that after all those days of turning and admiring them. it got me curious- what do you guys do with your eggs that turn out infertile??

 

[K0k0shka]

Trash bin. I can't bond with something that's not even living, so it wasn't hard for me to do it. Do whatever feels right for you.

 

[Kuekenkrazy]

I mean the circle of life. A weasel or a Martin or racoon would love to find a treat like that in the woods so think of it as a gift and not something you are losing. Also don't do it too close to your house.. You don't need unexpected company. Or I mean you could keep them and make a massive stink bomb after a while

 

[kiskateara]

I mean the circle of life. A weasel or a Martin or racoon would love to find a treat like that in the woods so think of it as a gift and not something you are losing. Also don't do it too close to your house.. You don't need unexpected company. Or I mean you could keep them and make a massive stink bomb after a while

ha, i dont think my parents would enjoy a stink bomb very much!

i ended up doing what my dad told me, and just tossing them into the woods, although i still didn't like it. i'm sure with time it wont bother me as much- after all this is the first batch i've incubated. at least i still have those 5 babies that are due to hatch in about a week now?

but im sure i did make an possum/raccoon and her babies night, though, so that makes me feel a lot better about it all!