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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: acresareace123 on February 10, 2011, 01:57:25 pm

Title: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: acresareace123 on February 10, 2011, 01:57:25 pm

how long does a cockerel need to run with the females in order to get fertilised eggs?

are fetrtilised ok to eat as long as theyre fresh, ie same day eaten

Title: Re: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 10, 2011, 04:55:39 pm

a week id say before you would see fertile and yes fertile eggs can be eaten

Title: Re: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: acresareace123 on February 10, 2011, 06:15:49 pm

thanks :)

Title: Re: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: pikilily on February 10, 2011, 06:23:54 pm

ref the eating of fertilised eggs.. ....if you can incubate and hatch a chick from a two-three weeks old egg then I would say that the eggs are still pretty fresh at two weeks old....thats my time limit for eating eggs, fertilised or not!! also fertilised eggs have slightly less cholesterol than unfertilised eggs...yey something healthy!!

cheers Emma T

Title: Re: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: bamford6 on February 11, 2011, 04:57:28 pm

Emma T haws things at the mo wev started incubating to see haw the birds have done .all birds are fertile thats 2 months Euler than last yere we have chicks the sheep should lamb the second week off April first sale the 12 off march all the rest off the quail will be sold .i see at Perth that point off lay warrens are selling for 4 pound .chicks will be selling for £15 for 10 all breeds .all the best

Title: Re: first time small scale breeding, help :)
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 11, 2011, 10:23:55 pm

i would and have eaten eggs at 6 weeks old . just go to supermarket there sometimes older average 4 weeks  then a month sell by date  so they last a fair time but just test them if you had them along  time