Egg Sandwich
Posted by Hayley on October 4, 2004
Q: When a farmer's collecting eggs, how does he know which ones to hatch, and which ones to sell?
A: There are several answers to your very good question. The modern farmer does not expose his/her hens (females) to the rooster (male) if he/she intends to sell the eggs for people to eat. Also, the modern farmer that wants to hatch eggs will breed the hens with the rooster then collects all the fertilized eggs. These eggs go into an "incubator" for hatching.
A traditional farmer will keep the rooster with the hens and only collect the eggs he/she wants to sell. The hen incubates the remaining eggs. The eggs sold to people will then be fertilized, but not incubated. No fertilized eggs are sold in stores. If you buy fertilized eggs for eating you're buying them directly from the farm.
Jim Berry ( October 6, 2004)