Chicken egg question

[Minelson]

I just found a bunch of eggs that a hen has been sitting on. It couldn't have been over few days worth...week at the very most. I put them in a bucket of water and none of them float or even tilt up. Does that mean they are still good?

[LFmenagerie]

Do you have a rooster, in other words are the eggs fertile? If they were fertile and incubated for a few days, they will have little blood spots where the embryo is developing. It won't hurt you, but lots of people are a little squeamish about that sort of thing.

Tom

[Minelson]

Yes...I have 2 roosters. One is in jail because they are fighting. I could use some advice on that too!!

[Patt]

Why not just let her hatch them out?

[plowjockey]

When it comes to eggs in hot weather, "when in doubt, throw it out", is what we go by.

You could try to eat them, but certainly don't sell them.

[Minelson]

Originally Posted by Patt

Why not just let her hatch them out?

I have enough chicks They are in a different barn and she is not sitting on them all the time. I think she just went in there to lay and then leaves...sleeps in the coop at night and goes back sometime during the day. Mine free range

[motdaugrnds]

When I question whether or not an egg is good, I leave it for the black snake.

[Macybaby]

your dogs will love the treat! When I have eggs I'm not sure of, they become dog/cat food.

My silly hens lay in the coop, but they lay on the floor instead of in the nest boxes. Dog started sneaking in the hatch (they are free range) and one day she got caught inside and got a very stern talking to. She does not even look at that hatch since.

She knows how good eggs are, and also that the only ones she is allowed to eat are the ones I give her.

Cathy

[Joshie]

I'd scramble them and feed them back to your chickens.

[Patt]

I usually feed them to the dogs or the pigs too if I am not sure.