re: Raising Chickens

First, you can eat a fertilized egg if you pick it up soon after being laid. For me in Metairie, when I discovered I had a rooster I called a byddy in the country and gave it to him. Did not want to be a nuisance. I have heard someone with a rooster a few blocks away when it crows. Lol...... Actually most of my neighbors say they wouldn't mind hearing a rooster crow but I had one years ago that would crow at 3:00 am. He had to go. But, for those that don't know it, and there are those that think that a chicken can have chicks without a rooster and those that think roosters lay eggs too. Lol........

You can eat fertilized eggs. Development doesn't start until the hens sits on the eggs. Visually You won't even be able to tell a difference between the two.