My Trader Joe’s sells fertilized eggs in the eggs section

    by Papasmurf43469

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    1. In Mitch Hedberg’s voice -I saw this guy who loved chicken eating a fertile egg. I said “Dude, you gotta wait!”.

    2. Life begins at fertilization*. That’s a carton of a dozen chickens kept in inhumane conditions. All lives matter. Back the coop. Agrarian Alcatraz.

      * No, I don’t actually believe this**. The absurdity is the point.

      ** Any of this, really. Again, absurdity.

    3. ParticularHill on

      These are eggs laid by hens that were in contact with a rooster. They are immediately refrigerated after laying — that stops the development of the embryo. If you cracked one open it would look and taste like any normal egg. People who grow up on small farms routinely eat fertilized eggs that were never incubated because their chickens always are in contact with roosters.

      Refrigeration stops embryonic development but doesnt kill the embryo. You can incubate these and hatch them. Many reddit posts where people have done this on r/traderjoes

    4. You want to know your eggs came from a chicken that had a healthy sex life. Regular eggs come from incel chickens.

    5. Man, it’s like a genie giving you 12 wishes, but your wishes are for *more wishes*. It’s bulletproof!

    6. I like the idea of a store selling what are basically the equivalent of a bag of seeds, but for chickens.

    7. dantheman200022 on

      If a) my daughter read the word fertile, b) understand what that means, and c) we had these in the UK. Im sure I’d be overan by things with wings by now.

    8. Papasmurf43469 on

      Yes, these are in the refrigerator, so I don’t think they are able to hatch. I’m not sure what their purpose is.

    9. bramblesovereign on

      Fertile does not mean fertilized. This just means the eggs are unpasteurized and unwashed. They could be free ranged with roosters, there’s no guarantee.

      Fertile is more appealing to non-chicken owners than saying unpasteurized and unwashed because it means there’s chicken butt juices all over them still. You can’t wash them because the bloom helps prevents bacteria from entering the membrane and further. Unpasteurized means they’re not heated to kill bacteria, which is also off-putting to most non-chicken owners because it could mean increased chances of illness.

      All in all, this is just a marketing tactic. They’re trying to boost their sales of this product with appealing words and possibilities. In reality, they’re butt nuggets complete with the juices. Also note they chose to not say farm fresh as an advertisement label on the carton. This is because fresh requires to be under a certain age since lay. This means these eggs are probably around 3-6 weeks old. Unwashed farm fresh eggs are good on the counter for up to a month and up to almost 3 months in the fridge.

      Sourcd: I own chickens. I eat the eggs.

    10. “You _could_ hatch these.”

      So genuinely asking, what else would you do with fertilized eggs?

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