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Is it that infertile eggs dont have the genetic material and they are not made from fertile eggs?
Can one be called a pure vegetarian if he eats eggs only?
I don't know much about genetics but if an egg has been laid un-fertilised it will never hatch. Of course they have genetic material in them, all eggs (whether human, dog or cat, or chicken) have genetic material in them. If you are worried that it is cruel to eat a chickens egg as it lays it because it wants a baby, you are wrong, it isn't, chickens lay tonnes of eggs that would just build up messily if left.
I am definately not a vegetarian, I believe in organic and free range meat which has had a good life- I don't believe in vegetarianism, but if I was to become one, I would have no problem with eating the eggs.
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Answers by Expert:
Abi
Expertise
I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.
Experience
I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!
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