Question:
Some people around the world have been hatching shop eggs by keeping them warm with an incubator. Dont you think that is impressive? And to think we are eating eggs which could be a baby if you gave it a chance.
What do you think?


Answer:
The eggs you eat are not fertilized and have no chance of being a chick.


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Why can they at times be hatched into chicks etc then?


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Every once in a while you will find an egg when you crack it open that has been fertilized ((these have red spots in them)), on a VERY rare occasion. However, MOST of these embyos ((sp??)) have already been killed because of the refrigeration. I also found this online:
"Q: Can you hatch a chicken from an egg in your refrigerator?
A: Yes you can but only if your egg is fertile to begin with. Most of the eggs sold in stores come from large chicken farms where the hens are maintained totally separate from males. No males, no fertile eggs! If you get eggs from chickens that are free range, then there is a good, or at least better, chance that you'll have fertile eggs. An egg can be quite cool BEFORE incubation starts but once it has started, you'd need to maintain a reasonably constant warm temperature. Hope this helps."


Answer:
Originally Posted by honeybeezercattalina
Why can they at times be hatched into chicks etc then?
Only in the very rare occasions as sweetpatata has mentioned.
The eggs have to be fertilised in order to become a baby chick. The ones you eat are not fertilised.
"If an egg has been fertilized, then the embryo inside has already divided several times but remains a group of unspecialized cells [at the time the egg is laid]. When the egg is incubated at about 37 to 38 °C, the embryonic cells differentiate to form a chick, which will hatch after 21 days. If the egg has not been fertilized, then the oocyte [or egg cell] within will never grow or divide, and the egg will never hatch. The eggs you buy at the supermarket are eggs that have never been fertilized.
chicken/egg link


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I've always had this fear of eating eggs and whenever I do eat eggs I take a fork and take off that little whiteish thing that hangs onto the yolk. I'm not sure what it is, but I always take it off. I use to think it was where the egg was ferilized but at least now I know that I'm wrong.
And any of you tell me what that little white thing is?