Something for biologists: eggs

[GoldenBear]

After cooking up a couple eggs today, it lead me to wondering. When and how do they kill the soon to be born chick within, and why are they only made of yolk and white stuff?

 

[chipbgt]

The egg that we cook is an unfertilized egg.

 

[RSI]

Has to start somewhere.

-RSI

 

[Mday]

yeah, chip is correct.

and they test to see if it truly is unfertilized (the roosters get naughty sometimes).

they put the eggs up to a bright light... see through.

if you look at the egg yolk, you see that little dark spot? that would have been what would be an embryo.

 

[apoppin]

Not the eggs I get. We have our own chickens with a very happy rooster.

You can also buy unfertilized eggs (probably from a 'natural' foods store or 'Trader Joes'); it's supposed to be more healthy.

EDIT: Unless you incubate the eggs, life will not start. They are just 'fertile' eggs with the POTENTIAL to produce a baby chick.