Re: Unborn Chicken Eggs

In article <1136832833.944436.178960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"djs0302" <djs0302@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think most of these animal activists are grossly misinformed and
> uneducated. If the hen hasn't mated with a rooster why should it
> matter if there are "unborn" eggs left inside it? The same thing can
> be said about normal eggs. Without a rooster there can be no chicken
> embryo. The yolk and white are food for the chicken embryo. The
> embryo develops on the yolk but the yolk itself does not develop into a
> baby chicken.

A hen (pullet) is born with all her eggs inside her. She has a
limited number of eggs she can lay because of this. All hens, unless
they are allowed to live until they are absolutely spent will have some
eggs that were unlaid in them. The animal activist crowd is crazy
stupid.

Regards.
Ranee

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