Can you and if so, do you eat fairy eggs?

[16 and me]

Got my first fairy egg yesterday! I am curious to crack it open, and wondered can you eat it?Do you eat them, or feed them to the dog? Do you save them as conversation pieces?

What do you do with your fairy eggs?

 

[ChickenHeartedHen]

They are in fact edible! They just won’t have as much protein as a regular egg.

 

[NatJ]

I treat them the same as any other egg I am unsure about: crack it into a bowl, look at the inside & sniff it, then decide whether to cook for a person to eat, cook for a chicken or dog to eat, or throw it out.

A "fairy egg" will often have just white with no yolk, but I've occasionally seen ones with tiny yolks. Yolk or not does not affect whether I consider it fit to eat.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I eat them.

 

[16 and me]

Thank you! That's good to know! My typical 2 egg breakfast may have ro ne a 3 egger though if that little egg turns out fine

 

[fluffycrow]

I give them to the dogs, but as @NatJ said, I always check beforehand

 

[Viking_King]

We get a couple a week from our 15 Red Star hens but none have ever had a yoke. We use them if we have a recipe that needs a little egg white.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I keep mine! I set them in a windowsill and let them dry out. When the yolk dries out and rattles, I tap the ends with a needle until I "pip" a hole in each end, then I run a cord through them and string them to save as an ornament to hang in my kitchen, along with other special egg shells. Maybe tomorrow I will post a picture.