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How are chicken eggs we eat differ from the ones chickens come out of?



<< The ones that we eat have not been fertilized and do not contain a chicken embryo. >>


...in most cases. 😉
 
If you eat Grade 'A' eggs, then they are not fertilized. Grade 'B' eggs can be fertilized though. Some people believe that fertilized eggs are better for you, although I have my doubts.



 
wow i didnt know that.. is it natural for chickens to lay eggs without it being fertilized? or is it somethat we did to chickens? would fertilized egg taste different?
 
LOL Darkman...

Well when chickens make little chickens together, if the man &quot;fertillizes&quot; the woman, it is then mixed with her egg and then the shell forms around the joined cells. If there is no male cell, the egg comes out unfertillized and you have breakfast. If the cells join and a baby chicken is made, thats when the egg comes out and a chick pops out.
 
I've been a farmer for years, and I've had chickens nearly all of them. Either I misunderstood my grandma when she explained it, or I misunderstood CorporateRecreation....

What I thought was that
  1. Chicken Lays the egg
  2. Rooster fertilizes the egg
  3. Chicken sits on egg or it is placed in an incubator
  4. Chick hatches after whatever period of time elapses

I know that 3 and 4 are right, and I thought that 1 and 2 were in the right order, but maybe I'm wrong...

I do know that the female &quot;egg&quot; that the chick is made from is the yellow yolk that is found inside an egg.

ST
 


<< If the cells join and a baby chicken is made, thats when the egg comes out and a chick pops out. >>

And then you have chicken for breakfast! 😉

Sure, it's natural for chickens to lay eggs without them being fertilized. Women have their . without it ever being fertilized, too. Think about it. As far as tasting differently, I'm sure I've had fertilized eggs before because I grew up on a farm. I don't every remember thinking that, &quot;Hmmm, these eggs taste different.&quot;, so I think they all taste the same.

PH
😀
 
Well how would the rooster be able to fertilize the egg after the hen popped it out? It isn't like the rooster has a syringe that he could carefully place through the shell to fertilize the egg. 😉

I imagined that if the rooster tried to get &quot;frisky&quot; with the egg it would probably crack.
 


<< 1) Chicken Lays the egg,
2) rooster fertilizes the egg. >>


Sorry, that's not how it works. The rooster fertilizes the egg before it gets to the shell stage. How do you suppose the would get his little rooster &quot;member&quot; past the shell?



<< I do know that the female &quot;egg&quot; that the chick is made from is the yellow yolk that is found inside an egg. >>


Also incorrect, at least partly. The yolk is the food for the embryo while it is forming. The &quot;clear stuff&quot; is basically padding for the embryo and if you look very closely, you can see a little white &quot;string&quot; coming off of the yolk. At the end of the &quot;string&quot; is where the embryo forms, this little &quot;string&quot; is the umbilical [sp?] cord.

PH
😀
 
LOL, This has to be the funniest thread ever.

I can see it now throw a roster in the hen house and watch him run around looking for nests. Tell me now, do the hens try to protect their precious eggs or just stand aside and watch the fowl fellow rape their defensless eggs!

ROTFLMAO
 


<< I've been a farmer for years, and I've had chickens nearly all of them. >>



I can't resist!

Shriner you got it all wrong, though I am sure the hens enjoyed it this is the rosters job!
 
Most store-bought eggs are polished, too. The ones right out of the chicken is usually a light brown in color, right?
 


<< The ones right out of the chicken is usually a light brown in color, right? >>



No, there are white and brown eggs, differnt types of chickens.

I used to help (?) Grandpa collect white eggs from the hen house (no rosters allowed !) We then used a light to &quot;candle them&quot; looking for blood and double yokes, a fine sand paper board to clean them and finally a scale to seperate by size. He had something like 600 chickens and collected dozens of eggs twice a day.
 
what is the deal with double yolks? do theres eggs hatch? if so what would the chicken look like?

do chickens lay eggs once a day?
 
We used to have a few chickens just for the fresh eggs. The good thing about this is that you don't need to worry about eating raw egg in the cookie dough, etc. I don't think this is a problem anymore anyways. Since then, all of the chickens have been eaten by dogs or other wild animals..... so we don't have chickens anymore.
 
Why is it potentially harmful to eat raw eggs (cookie dough etc.)? I've been hearing this forever, but aren't there people who eat raw eggs as a habit?
 
Double Yolks = Twins!

Chickens lay about one egg a day. Sometimes less, depends on the season. Our chickens laid less eggs when it was cold outside.

The fear of eating raw eggs is mostly linked to salmonella poisoning. Less than 1 in 20,000 eggs have it and most likely, it will only make the very young, very old or those in poor health sick. Eat all of the raw cookie dough you want. You'll live.

PH
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BTW - I've seen triple yolks.

 
Having raised hundreds of chickens growing up, I can tell you that the egg is fertilized while still inside the chicken, before there is a shell. A hen usually has several yolks inside her waiting to become eggs, kind of like a production line.
If you've ever seen a rooster jump on the hen's backs, that's their mating process. Some people call it &quot;treading&quot; the hen.
 
Unfertilized eggs are a giant single cell, seriously. The ostrich egg is the largest cell none to man. Once fertilized it will divide into multiple cells. One cell, good egg, lots of cells, funky chicken fetus in your frying pan...
 
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