It is totally safe to eat. If you are buying commercial eggs from the grocery store, it is very highly unlikely you would ever find a partially developed or developing chick in your egg. Commercial egg farms only keep female hens so there would be no chance of them getting fertilized. Even if some rogue rooster were to sneak in, the eggs at US egg farms are supposed to be collected every day, washed, and refrigerated so development would not have a chance to start.
If you found a partially developed chick in a commercial egg farm egg that is very concerning. The hens are not being properly checked on if a mature rooster is hiding among them.
If you are eating eggs from a local small farmer or from your own backyard hens, even if a rooster is present, as long as eggs are collected daily, you do not need to worry about cracking open an egg and having a chick pop out. Great information! I read it in a forum just the other day. Thanks for the info, you made it clear and very easy to understand. I am however, now concerned about the health of the chickens I used to spend a few weeks in the summer caring for when I was little; there were a lot of broken blood vessels that we were told was because they had a rooster and the egg was fertilized.
Hmm :S. I had this happen to me when I was high school and bakin a cake! It was so gross. Ever since I crack eggs in a separate container first!! After seeing this I have no idea how it could have happened! The eggs were from the grocery store!
But it was like 20 years ago….. I have no idea how that could ever have happened either! Lo and behold, 10 minutes later I sat down, bit in, saw the other half of the fetus in the other half of the egg and immediately spit the half in my mouth out.
They came from either Kroger or Aldi not sure which, but those are the stores around here in southern Ohio. Judging by photos of egg growth stages, this egg was sitting there growing for a good days before it was packaged up and refrigerated to death. That is very disturbing. Sorry you had to experience that! I have a rooster. Would eggs have a longer shelf life if they are unfertilized?
Should I get rid of the rooster? Fertilization should not effect the shelf life at all. Anyway Dan, my thoughts are that it is best to leave the rooster with the hens so that he can protect and take care of them and generally do what roosters do. Ultimately though, it is up to you.
Click Here Now…. Some people even believe that fertile eggs are more nutritious. What I know with certainty is that fertile eggs are fine to eat. Yes, Send Me My Copy! This is a common occurrence, and it simply means your hen ruptured a blood vessel while passing the egg.
There are two main reasons it may not be safe to eat a fertilized egg, and neither reason will surprise you too much. So, collect eggs every day, and avoid a disgusting surprise in your frying pan.
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