The Chicken Eggs We Eat Are Unfertillized Right?

Question

My Friends Say That There At One Time There Was A Baby Chick Inside But I Say No!

Answer 1

there are little baby membranes of chicks in the eggs that we eat.

Dr. Levi Strausse

Answer 2

If you get your eggs from the regular grocery store, they are unfertilized.
if you are getting them from a farm, or someone who raises chickens, and they have a rooster that lives among the hen population, you will be eating fertilized eggs. This has no affect on the egg or whether or not it tastes good. Fresh eggs can actually sit on your counter for up to 2 weeks with no problem. The only time you will risk opening an egg with a chick in some stage of development is if your egg has been sitting under a hen for a while, or you have put it in an incubator.
And, to address some answers you have received, all chickens (hens) can lay eggs and hatch babies. The chickens that give you eggs in the store live their lives in little cages and never come in contact with a rooster, but given the opportunity, they too could hatch chicks. Also, the yolk is not the chicken, it is the food the baby chick will use while it is in the egg.(something like a placenta in a human, through an umbilical cord.) The white is indeed the fluid the chick will live in. Brown eggs are not fertilzed eggs just because they are brown. Brown eggs come from brown egg laying chickens like the Rhode Island Red. Most egg producers do not provide their own chicks to replace old hens, they order them from breeders. And when you candle an egg, that is to look for bloody spots which can happen because the hen may get a little blood in the egg as it develops inside of her. It is also used as a way to tell what size the yolk is and whether or not it is a double. Eggs develop inside the hen, and eventually form a shell before laying.

Answer 3

You're right :-) .

This is a repeat of what everyone else has said - The eggs we buy at grocery stores aren't fertilized and have no embryos developing. Birds are capable of producing eggs without a mate and laying hens are set aside to produce eggs. If a farmer wants a hen to breed, she's separated from the layers and placed with a rooster. In that case the eggs are allowed to incubate to produce chicks. The only exception to this is if you raise your own chickens (or in my case, quail) for eggs and you keep your rooster with the hens. Then you'd collect the eggs when they're freshly laid. You're eating a fertilized embryo in that case, but its not developed into anything yet.

Answer 4

Since chickens do NOT require the presence of a rooster to lay eggs I would think most commercial egg farms do not let the roosters and hens freely intermingle. I would think they generally do not allow the roosters around the hens which means the eggs would be infertile. However, at some point I guess they would do some breeding in order to keep a steady population of laying hens. So, occasionally I am sure a fertilized egg is possible. I'd say it is possible but the majority of eggs in the store are not fertilized.

Answer 5

Eggs that you buy from the grocery store are checked for fertilization. The fertilized eggs are sent to the hatchery. Don't want to waste the chicks you know.
Home raised eggs OTOH may very well be fertilized or even developed.
That's why we candle the eggs after we gather. Like commercial egg farms, we put the spotted ones into incubator and any developed ones back under the hen. Usually there are no developed eggs as we gather daily. Sometimes we miss one for a long while.

Answer 6

Most of them aren't fertilized because the hens aren't housed with a c0ck, but lots of farmers keep at least one c0ck around, and about .5% of eggs stocked in stores are inadvertantly fertilized. They're usually candled out before the eggs are shipped, but I've opened two or three in my lifetime that were fertile. The yolk is a little chunky and brownish.

I can't believe that I can't use the word c0ck in a bird conversation on Yahoo.

Answer 7

Most of the eggs you buy at the store are unfertilized but it is possible to buy them fertilized. some people like fertilized eggs better. Different taste and nutrients I think.

Answer 8

eggs from the store are usually unfertilized..from a farmer you might thing twice if you don't like them...farm eggs taste different more flavor and the color of the yolk is brighter

Answer 9

If they're white then you're eating an unfertilized egg. However, if the egg's shell is a brown color then it is fertilized. Normally the box will specify if it is or not.

Answer 10

That is very possible the white is like the water for humans and the yolk is the chicken.