have you ever eaten an egg from a broiler chicken? (meat bird hen)?
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Question by k_erdahl: have you ever eaten an egg from a broiler chicken? (meat bird hen)?
most people say they are great, and we raise broilers so i thought why not leave them so they can start laying eggs. now, will they start laying eggs even if they are older than the market weight (kept so they are not to butcher) and no males are around. we just want to have fresh eggs. please explain your answer.
what do they taste like?
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4 Responses to have you ever eaten an egg from a broiler chicken? (meat bird hen)?
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I was raised on a farm and we had chickens at every stage of the game. Some of the layers and they have ways of knowing which ones are good layers. They stay in the pen for the laying chickens the roosters and non laying hens become fried chicken or chicken and dumplings.
Eggs taste like what the chicken has been eating.
If they are in a new pen or you give them grass clippings the yoke is firm and orange. If they just get chicken feed it is a pale yellow and not so firm. Other than that an egg is an egg.
One lady to be sure kept a chicken in a seperate pen for two days or three. If she didn’t lay an egg she was eaten for sunday dinner. If there was an egg or two that hen was saved.
Tony
October 23, 2012 at 5:36 am
The eggs are the same, but this is an inefficient way to get eggs. Meat birds consume much more feed per egg. Otoh, egg birds can eat and eat and develop very little meat.
groundzero
October 23, 2012 at 5:48 am
They taste just like any other egg. You don’t need a rooster, they will lay eggs without one, they just won’t be fertilized. The eggs you buy at the store are not fertilized. Those hens have never seen a rooster. But why not get one of the laying breeds instead of a meat breed, they will be much better producers. Most hens will start laying around 4 to 6 months old.
sity.cent
October 23, 2012 at 6:42 am
no i haven’t
Missy H
October 23, 2012 at 7:29 am