• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    That’s only a chicken to the state of Alabama if it is fertilized.

    There is something that tickles me about calling the egg aisle the Alabama orphanage though (stolen from a post the other day)

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      9 months ago

      A shocking amount of people do seem to think all chicken eggs could turn into chicks/are fertilized. On more than one occasion I’ve explained that your run-of-the mill carton of eggs at the grocery store is just chicken menstruation, not viable fertilized eggs.

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      9 months ago

      If you look at the center of the yolk, there is a white spot. No it’s not cum. But it does look like this particular egg was fertilized.

      Source: I have a rooster in my flock and about 99% of all our eggs are fertilized. It makes no difference for eating the eggs. But if I incubate them or let the hens do it, they will hatch after 21 days