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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Glaswegian on November 21, 2010, 02:29:13 pm

Title: fertilising eggs.
Post by: Glaswegian on November 21, 2010, 02:29:13 pm

hi all.
this might be a bit of a dumb question ::)but,of the thousands of eggs that are hatched for the battery farms,how are they fertilised? is there some super rooster doing the job ? or is it done in some other artificial way. theres probably a very simple answer to this  :-[ but i just cant see it.

                                              cheers.

Title: Re: fertilising eggs.
Post by: Sylvia on November 21, 2010, 04:21:09 pm

Yes, they use cockerels, the only natural bit of life those poor birds get!

Title: Re: fertilising eggs.
Post by: Glaswegian on November 21, 2010, 04:34:38 pm

hi sylvia.
thanks for your info.

                   johnie.