Why wait two weeks?

[rstampa]

I went up to the feed store today to buy a few things that I needed. While I was there I mentioned that I got my first egg today. The salesman said that I shouldn't eat the eggs for the first 2 weeks. He said it is well know fact.
I have never hear of this before. Can anyone please advise me on this and if it's true why not eat the eggs.
Thank you all.

 

[CityClucks]

Unless you are medicating your chickens with some kind of chemical, there is nothing wrong with the eggs. I don't know what the feed store guy is talking about - I've never heard of not eating eggs for the first two weeks. Maybe he thought you were medicating them - that's the only reason I can think of for someone giving you that advice.

 

[Kennyog]

I don't believe that. i have eaten 1000's of eggs right out of the nest for years. Eat um up!

 

[Renee]

Silly Old Wive's Tale.
Or Ignorant Young Feedstore Guy Tale, if you prefer.

 

[teach1rusl]

That's the only thought that went through my head too. Did you mention to him that you'd recently wormed them or something???

 

[trilyn]

Eat 'em, there is no "wait" period. Congratulations on your first egg!! Woohoo!

 

[Ridgerunner]

I ate them the first two weeks. I guess I died and nobody told me yet. Nothing to it.

 

[conroy]

My girls haven't been laying well, just finishing molting, so some days the eggs go right from the chicken to the frying pan ☺

 

[txchickie]

He's full of it---eat those eggs!

 

[gritsar]

It's an old wives tale. My dyed-in-the-wool country boy DH was the same way when I got my first eggs. You'd think DH would have known better; after all this farm was a commercial chicken operation at one time.

Pullet eggs are fine to eat.