I have a question about the fertilization of chicken eggs.

noir cat · 11-12-2002, 11:52 PM

Do the eggs we eat get fertilized?
Do chickens sometimes lay unfertilized eggs? It's all so confusing.

I went to this page... I dunno. I have to leave the lab now, it's closing. So I don't have time to read it... I'll get back to this post at home.

ammy · 11-12-2002, 11:53 PM

no
and yes.

oui henri · 11-12-2002, 11:56 PM

i just opt not to eat eggs

noir cat · 11-13-2002, 01:19 AM

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Originally posted by oui henri
i just opt not to eat eggs

Yeah, because I know that some vegetarians or pescaterians or whatever still eat eggs... so yes. HmMm. You a vegetarian or something?

And how come some eggs don't get fertilized and some do??

Undone · 11-13-2002, 01:29 AM

I'm retarded tonight so I have no idea how they lay unfertilized ones. But uh, that usually has little or nothing to do with one's decision not to eat them.

hereisnowhy · 11-13-2002, 01:33 AM

Actually I wonder about this too. If eggs are unfertilized when they're layed, how do they ever get fertilized?

noir cat · 11-13-2002, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by hereisnowhy
Actually I wonder about this too. If eggs are unfertilized when they're layed, how do they ever get fertilized?

I think it has something to do with some mechanism of the chicken... something like they store the sperm to get them fertalized. Hm. Because I think they only get fucked one time, and they lay a shitload of eggs... huh... I'm still slightly

about the whole fucking thing.

lucky_13 · 11-13-2002, 05:18 PM

you know that little white thing in the clear "whites"? that's chicken fetus.

or something.

Samsa · 11-13-2002, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by Undone
I'm retarded tonight so I have no idea how they lay unfertilized ones. But uh, that usually has little or nothing to do with one's decision not to eat them.

it has everything to do with mine. i eat eggs because it's not like they were ever going to be a bird in the first place.

Samsa · 11-13-2002, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13
you know that little white thing in the clear "whites"? that's chicken fetus. or something.

NO

NOT TRUE

:erm

beef curtains · 11-13-2002, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13
you know that little white thing in the clear "whites"? that's chicken fetus. or something.

NO no no

OK, here are the facts from someone who has taken embryology.

The eggs we eat are unfertilized. Chickens lay eggs, regardless of their fertilization or not. Most chicken ranches prevent cocks from having access to hens as egg farms are different from meat farms.
That being said, the clear white thing in the albumen is embryonic fluid....if the egg were to be fertilized, it would help attach the fetus to the egg and protect it. the albumen is general fluid. the yolk is the part in which the embryo develops.

If you see a small red line in your yolk, that is a fertilized egg. What you see is a primitive streak, which is a 24-48 hr embryo (essentially it is just one line of blood vessels). at 72 hours, you can actually see a heart beating.

So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it.

lucky_13 · 11-13-2002, 05:24 PM

if you think of it, eggs are the grossest thing we eat.

"mmm let me cook up some embryonic fluid!"

beef curtains · 11-13-2002, 05:27 PM

here's a microscope slide of a 24 hr chick

http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/devob...abs/24hrwm.GIF

beef curtains · 11-13-2002, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13
if you think of it, eggs are the grossest thing we eat.

"mmm let me cook up some embryonic fluid!"

hot dogs!?!?

lucky_13 · 11-13-2002, 05:30 PM

i know what's in my soy dogs.

beef curtains · 11-13-2002, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13
i know what's in my soy dogs.

soy snouts, assholes, and hooves??

twilightfadez · 11-13-2002, 05:54 PM

So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it.

ok so what's the step to follow after this.....put it in a bucket with fluffies and pillows so it'll stay warm and hatch and stuff

i've always wanted to do that...........i did that when i was like 11 and the agg wound up falling on the floor and spilling its contents all over the carpet...needless to say my parents werent very happy with my egg hatching experiment

noir cat · 11-13-2002, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by So very sad about me
the yolk is the part in which the embryo develops.

Even I knew that.

But yeah... thanks... um... I need to run to class. But. Before I go, I remember this one time when I cracked open an egg AND I FUCKING SAW A CHICKEN HEAD IN THERE. It was developed enough that I could make out the beak and eye and shape of the head... omg, it was tramatizing. I must have been like 8 or something. : (

rubber · 11-13-2002, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by So very sad about me

soy snouts, assholes, and hooves??

lol, good one.

c

hereisnowhy · 11-13-2002, 06:39 PM

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Originally posted by So very sad about me
If you see a small red line in your yolk, that is a fertilized egg...
So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it.

I agree it's kind of unsettling, but why is it bad to eat a fertilized egg? We eat fully grown chickens.

noir cat · 11-13-2002, 07:31 PM

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Originally posted by hereisnowhy

I agree it's kind of unsettling, but why is it bad to eat a fertilized egg? We eat fully grown chickens.

Because it's a waste of time for the chicken to fertilize it and then we eat it... it's easier if you let them hatch and let them produce more chicken, or use them for meat... more profitable.

bonsor · 11-13-2002, 11:13 PM

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Originally posted by So very sad about me

NO no no

OK, here are the facts from someone who has taken embryology.

The eggs we eat are unfertilized. Chickens lay eggs, regardless of their fertilization or not. Most chicken ranches prevent cocks from having access to hens as egg farms are different from meat farms.
That being said, the clear white thing in the albumen is embryonic fluid....if the egg were to be fertilized, it would help attach the fetus to the egg and protect it. the albumen is general fluid. the yolk is the part in which the embryo develops.

If you see a small red line in your yolk, that is a fertilized egg. What you see is a primitive streak, which is a 24-48 hr embryo (essentially it is just one line of blood vessels). at 72 hours, you can actually see a heart beating.

So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it.

I can't believe it was 10 replies before this was posted.

bonsor · 11-13-2002, 11:15 PM

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Originally posted by undivinemartyr
Because it's a waste of time for the chicken to fertilize it and then we eat it... it's easier if you let them hatch and let them produce more chicken, or use them for meat... more profitable.

What?! God I hate you. You are so stupid.

Samsa · 11-13-2002, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by ******
What?! God I hate you. You are so stupid.

she's really not stupid

aspecialkid · 11-13-2002, 11:34 PM

soy dogs are good, even if they do have assholes and hooves in them.

noir cat · 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by ******
What?! God I hate you. You are so stupid.

1. I don't understand everything that goes on in the world.
2. I have valid thoughts and questions.
3. Am I always supposed to be right or something?

Undone · 11-14-2002, 12:35 AM

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Originally posted by Samsa

it has everything to do with mine. i eat eggs because it's not like they were ever going to be a bird in the first place.

OK. I should have clarified. For people that DO NOT eat eggs, the fertilization factor has little or nothing to do with it. There.

Lie · 11-14-2002, 08:43 AM

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Originally posted by undivinemartyr

Even I knew that.

But yeah... thanks... um... I need to run to class. But. Before I go, I remember this one time when I cracked open an egg AND I FUCKING SAW A CHICKEN HEAD IN THERE. It was developed enough that I could make out the beak and eye and shape of the head... omg, it was tramatizing. I must have been like 8 or something. : (

oui henri · 11-14-2002, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by undivinemartyr

Yeah, because I know that some vegetarians or pescaterians or whatever still eat eggs... so yes. HmMm. You a vegetarian or something?

And how come some eggs don't get fertilized and some do??

Yes, i am. I try to stay away from eggs, cheese, milk, butter, meat...virtually all animal products.

beef curtains · 11-14-2002, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by So very sad about me

So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it.

i suppose it doesn't matter whether or not you eat it in the long run....but i just find it kinda odd.... it makes sense in my head that i wouldn't want to eat a fertilized egg, but i'm not going to justify it b/c there's really not that much difference between that and a chicken breast or an unfertilized egg. maybe i'm just afraid of guzzling chicken sperm or something

11-12-2002, 11:52 PM	#1
noir cat Socialphobic Location: Hicksville, NY Posts: 11,699	I have a question about the fertilization of chicken eggs. Do the eggs we eat get fertilized? Do chickens sometimes lay unfertilized eggs? It's all so confusing. I went to this page... I dunno. I have to leave the lab now, it's closing. So I don't have time to read it... I'll get back to this post at home.

11-12-2002, 11:56 PM	#3
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11-12-2002, 11:53 PM	#2
ammy yer mom Posts: 23,180	no and yes.

11-13-2002, 01:29 AM	#5
Undone Apocalyptic Poster Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,335	I'm retarded tonight so I have no idea how they lay unfertilized ones. But uh, that usually has little or nothing to do with one's decision not to eat them.

11-13-2002, 01:33 AM	#6
hereisnowhy Minion of Satan Posts: 7,621	Actually I wonder about this too. If eggs are unfertilized when they're layed, how do they ever get fertilized?

11-13-2002, 05:18 PM	#8
lucky_13 Apocalyptic Poster Location: for joke! Posts: 2,235	you know that little white thing in the clear "whites"? that's chicken fetus. or something.

11-13-2002, 05:24 PM	#12
lucky_13 Apocalyptic Poster Location: for joke! Posts: 2,235	if you think of it, eggs are the grossest thing we eat. "mmm let me cook up some embryonic fluid!"

11-13-2002, 05:27 PM	#13
beef curtains Immortal Location: I like me so much better when you're naked Posts: 21,752	here's a microscope slide of a 24 hr chick http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/devob...abs/24hrwm.GIF

11-13-2002, 05:30 PM	#15
lucky_13 Apocalyptic Poster Location: for joke! Posts: 2,235	i know what's in my soy dogs.

11-13-2002, 05:54 PM	#17
twilightfadez Socialphobic Location: Medellin, CO Posts: 10,511	So yeah, if you see what looks like a blood vessel in your yolk don't eat it. ok so what's the step to follow after this.....put it in a bucket with fluffies and pillows so it'll stay warm and hatch and stuff i've always wanted to do that...........i did that when i was like 11 and the agg wound up falling on the floor and spilling its contents all over the carpet...needless to say my parents werent very happy with my egg hatching experiment

11-13-2002, 11:34 PM	#25
aspecialkid THE COOK Location: MI, LA, NYC, Chicago, Miami Posts: 2,010	soy dogs are good, even if they do have assholes and hooves in them.