Eggs: Where do we get them and do we need them?

TheShizz · 13-02-2014 01:53AM #1

We do need them, that last part was a joke, but the first part is very serious and a subject I'd like to delve into.

Where do we get eggs from? I've always wondered this but never been brave enough to ask anybody in person, but this is the internet and I don't care what you people think of me so I have mustered the courage to ask it. So, where do we actually get eggs from?

Chickens? This makes sense to me, but then how come the type of eggs we buy don't hatch into chickens? Would they if they were left with the mother? I'm blowing my own mind.

Have any of you actually thought "what am I putting into my mouth here?" upon eating an egg? It's different with most other types of food, because we know we're eating pigs and cows for example, but what are we eating when we eat an egg?

I know you lot are quite suspicious of threads like this, but I can assure you that I am not trolling, or on a wind-up. However, you'll only think this if the answer is obvious, but I don't actually think it is.

shopaholic01 · 13-02-2014 01:55AM

Look up the definitions for fertilised and unfertilised.

Be prepared to have your mind blown. Trippy stuff altogether.

J_E · 13-02-2014 01:55AM

"Where do we get them?" - chickens
"Why do we need them?" - because tasty protein
"how come the type of eggs we buy don't hatch into chickens?" - the egg isn't fertile.
"what are we eating when we eat an egg?" - eggs

Kylo Ren · 13-02-2014 01:55AM

I like egg.

fathead82 · 13-02-2014 01:57AM

We keep our own free range hens,the eggs come out of their arses.

Rayne Wooney · 13-02-2014 01:59AM

fathead82 wrote: »

We keep our own free range hens,the eggs come out of their arses.

But how did the first chicken come into being if it needed to come out of another chicken's arse?

TheShizz · 13-02-2014 01:59AM

F*ck this.

jane82 · 13-02-2014 02:01AM

Its chicken period I suppose. The egg farmers probably dont sell it like that though.
Unfertilised baby chickens maybe?

Gokei · 13-02-2014 02:02AM

Hens period

I dont Wash Myself · 13-02-2014 02:02AM

I prefer creme eggs to the real thing

tomtucker81 · 13-02-2014 02:04AM

Will an egg turn into a chicken if it stays with the hen? Yes, if fertilised by the hen having sex with a cock.
what you're eating is an unfertilised egg. Very very basically the hen 'lays' an egg every day, same as all females do (at different time intervals). For example a human female does this once a month, give or take. Except that's comparing a bird to a mammal.

As rik mayall answered in guest house paradiso- "where do your eggs come from? " "em, hens vaginas."

the_syco · 13-02-2014 02:05AM

TheShizz wrote: »

Where do we get eggs from?

The username and question fit so nicely :P

TheShizz · 13-02-2014 02:08AM

This wasn't life or death, but I appreciate the information.

I think if you went out on Grafton Street asking people where eggs come from, you'll find quite a lot of people who don't actually know a proper answer. It's not common knowledge.

Knasher · 13-02-2014 02:10AM

About 2 minutes in, if you really want to blow your mind.

Duckworth_Luas · 13-02-2014 02:11AM

Which came first? The chicken or the egg stupid question?

TheShizz · 13-02-2014 02:19AM

Stupid because you know the answer. There's a million and one questions which I could answer but would foil you. Not bragging because same applies to everyone. Different people know different things for a variety of reasons. I must have been sick the day that my class was taught about chicken periods.

jigglypuffstuff · 13-02-2014 02:30AM

Consider this

Eggs are chicken period......

sawdoubters · 13-02-2014 02:55AM

you don't need them

they are in fact bad for the heart

Ihatecuddles · 13-02-2014 03:03AM

tomtucker81 wrote: »

the hen having sex with a cock."

Easy there, this is a PG13 forum!

Overheal · 13-02-2014 04:10AM

mauzo! wrote: »

Easy there, this is a PG13 forum!

Chicken sex on youtube if youre really curious

dont look up "Hen Laying Egg" if you're about to make a full irish

Mint Aero · 13-02-2014 08:20AM

How do we know if an egg is fertilised or not??????????????

???????????????????????????????????

13-02-2014 08:25AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

How do we know if an egg is fertilised or not??????????????

???????????????????????????????????

If your brekkie goes "bock bock", probably best not to dip your sausage in it

Dubl07 · 13-02-2014 08:27AM

sawdoubters wrote: »

you don't need them

they are in fact bad for the heart

Debunked propaganda from the cereal companies who make huge profits by selling us cheap crap for breakfast.

Mint Aero wrote: »

How do we know if an egg is fertilised or not??????????????
???????????????????????????????????

'Candle' it to see if there's something growing inside.

Mint Aero · 13-02-2014 08:36AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If your brekkie goes "bock bock", probably best not to dip your sausage in it

Too late by then I want to know how the chickenmen give me the correct eggs to eat.

Dubl07 wrote: »

'Candle' it to see if there's something growing inside.

What's candle? I did that to a girl once...

Dubl07 · 13-02-2014 08:44AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

What's candle?

Holding the egg in front of a light to see inside - air sac, yolk, baby chicken...

stoneill · 13-02-2014 08:47AM

I can't believe that someone had to ask this stuff.

Dolbert · 13-02-2014 08:50AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

How do we know if an egg is fertilised or not??????????????

???????????????????????????????????

Laying hens are kept separately from the rooster, takes the guesswork out of it.

Fuzzytrooper · 13-02-2014 09:04AM

Dolbert wrote: »

Laying hens are kept separately from the rooster, takes the guesswork out of it.

This is no place for logic and reason. Get out!

Gokei · 13-02-2014 09:15AM

TheShizz wrote: »

Stupid because you know the answer. There's a million and one questions which I could answer but would foil you. Not bragging because same applies to everyone. Different people know different things for a variety of reasons. I must have been sick the day that my class was taught about chicken periods.

Google, the great leveller.

bbam · 13-02-2014 09:18AM

We mostly get them from our own chickens in the back yard. We keep four , they have a fenced area to keep me fox away.
Eggs are yum!!

kneemos · 13-02-2014 09:53AM

Where do these eggs come from?

Eggs: Where do we get them and do we need them?

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