how do egg farmers know which eggs are eating eggs and which are baby chick eggs
2007-11-01 08:01:51 · 14 answers · asked by carnt spel 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I would imagine that the chickens who lay eggs for eating are the chickens who are kept separate from the rooster. No rooster, no baby chickens.
2007-11-01 08:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by Julie W 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any freshly laid egg, fertilised or unfertilised can be eaten and there is no discernible difference between them. If the hens are running with a rooster then the eggs will be fertile. Incubation starts when the hen has laid a large enough clutch. If there are fourteen eggs in the clutch, the oldest is two weeks old before incubation starts. You could still eat the egg at that stage.
If the farmer wants eggs for incubating s/he allosws a rooster to mate with the hens. If they are just for eating a rooster is unnecessary. If the farmer wants eating eggs and hatching eggs from the same hens then collecting the eggs every day ensures eating eggs. The farmer can put some in an incubator to provide chickens.
2007-11-01 20:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have chickens and we just collect the eggs everyday before they have a chance to develop we wash them and put them in the fridge never had any problems with chicks in eggs but in the spring we leave one or two hens to hatch her eggs, so farmers don't know but they just collect the eggs before the chick starts to develop inside the egg.
2007-11-03 09:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by fruitcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about commercial eggs, there are no roosters so the eggs are not fertilized. The chickens are kept in tiny cages( their whole life ) and the eggs roll away on a conveyor belt.If you are talking about smaller farms, ( where the chickens roam in out door pens or free range ) the eggs are collected daily and are therefor not able to incubate. ( which means that they are possibly fertilized but not able to develop. )
2007-11-01 15:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by barby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I happen to own over 30 chickens,so let me tell you: The first answere is WRONG!
You have to have a rooster for the hen to lay "chick" eggs.I'm sure you can figure out how that works.(We do have a rooster,BTW)
But if you collect the eggs before the chick starts to develop,they are just like any other "eating" egg you get.
2007-11-01 15:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by MidnightWaker 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they hold the egg up in light in a dark room and you can see everything inside of the egg. you need a special light or a good light if you can find one though.
yeah, and the 1st answer is wrong. i know cuz i have 20 chickens and i read books about chickens.
2007-11-01 17:25:33 · answer #6 · answered by Kimbo ;) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It kind of works like an X-Ray.
They put a light bulb in back of the egg and see if is good to eat or good to grow a small chick.
2007-11-01 15:06:50 · answer #7 · answered by VegasPapi 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
chickens will lay eggs every day.and as long as there are no roosters to fertilize the eggs they are the ones you eat.
2007-11-01 15:07:00 · answer #8 · answered by katdandawn 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because if it is like full then it is a chick, if it is a hollow egg, than its for eating
2007-11-01 17:44:36 · answer #9 · answered by aligatorrx3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cos they come out in egg boxes
2007-11-01 15:08:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋