What you do with those dead eggs from Incubator?

[Dibbendu Das]

I fed those eggs to my vhichick
Should I keep doing that or not?
My second batch was a disaster because 8 out of 38 eggs was empty and 4 others dided around day 11, all I can see is very very dark spots floating inside

 

[Shadrach]

This may be complete nonsense but I don't feed chickens whole eggs in their shells.
Something makes me think they might decide to try self service.
So, any eggs that I get that I don't think are fit for human consumption I take further up the mountain, break open (always a good idea when they have been sat on because you can sometimes see what went wrong) and leave for the wildlife.

 

[Huntergatherr]

I bury them in the garden with the shell cracked for fertilizer.

 

[CCUK]

Don't feed them the eggs that don't hatch from the incubator. If they've been in there for 21+ days they could be rotten and not provide a good meal for your chickens. Also giving them a whole egg could encourage them to start eating the fresh eggs they lay and this is a tough habit to break. I candle mine to see if there is anything going on inside at day 7 if there is nothing developing I bin them early on. If there is any that develop and don't hatch I still bin them.

 

[Anna Ranieri]

I fed those eggs to my vhichick
Should I keep doing that or not?
My second batch was a disaster because 8 out of 38 eggs was empty and 4 others dided around day 11, all I can see is very very dark spots floating inside

I don't have any knowledge of such matters but ohhh my gosh what beautiful birds you have! They are gorgeous.

 

[someusername]

I toss them out the window, quite simply.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I toss them out the window, quite simply.

What is outside of your window?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I bury them in the garden with the shell cracked for fertilizer.

I have not tried to hatch some of my duck's eggs, but i would bury the bad ones into my compost pile. Imho it is a bad idea to feed those or any other whole eggs back to the birds: They may learn that under that crispy calcium crust is a delicious treat and start to eat the fresh laid eggs right away. Don't give them ideas!

 

[sourland]

Encouraging egg eating is never a good idea. I used to save them as Halloween 'weapons'.

 

[Dibbendu Das]

This may be complete nonsense but I don't feed chickens whole eggs in their shells.
Something makes me think they might decide to try self service.
So, any eggs that I get that I don't think are fit for human consumption I take further up the mountain, break open (always a good idea when they have been sat on because you can sometimes see what went wrong) and leave for the wildlife.

In most cases Chicken's only eat their own eggs if they are lacking calcium otherwise they won't. Mostly.
I gave them whole eggs without bteakinh a lot of time but they never ate so I broke those eggs later.And you can feed your chicken egg shells.