Single hen

[purpleycat]

I'm new to Omlet and hens. I got my eglu a few weeks ago and 3 rescue hens and last weekend got 2 Light Sussex's which are lovely. The problem is, one is a cockerel. Can we eat the eggs from the hens if they've been fertilsed? We don't want to breed, we just want to eat the eggs.

[Lera]

Yes, definitely.

[Egluntyne]

Yes.

[purpleycat]

That's a huge relief, thanks!

[Guest]

If you don't want to breed at all, why have you got a cockerel?

 

A cockerel would make an excellent sunday dinner!

 

Is it because you think it looks pretty or is it just incase your battery fails on your alarm clock? lol

 

I just thought it was worth a mention in case you thought you needed a cockerel to produce eggs (which many people commonly mistake) you can of course produce eggs quite happily with no cockerel present.

[chelsea]

maybe the chooks were too young when they got them and have only just realised its a cockerel?

[Guest]

Yep, I did think that as well but I thought they might have got them just to produce eggs and was just giving a bit of friendly advice in case they didn't know.

 

You'd be suprised at the amount of people I talk to that think you need to have a cockerel to produce eggs....

[chelsea]

I know it can all be very confusing !!

[Jules.]

My neighbour was quite worried when I told him I was getting some chickens, he thought he would be woken up by crowing. He was amazed when I told him we didn't need a cockeral.

[cutechicky]

Thats so funny! I can't believe that some people don't even know how food gets to their plates!

[arowland17]

I had the same thing, the majority of my friends asked if we would get eggs without having a cockeral!!! I guess I came on this site before telling everyone and read the omlet guide which says you don't need them and didn't give it a 2nd thought since but I forget they don't pass the time at work on a long day reading about chickens!!