# Chicken and the egg..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 3, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903 "2006-03-03T14:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/21 "2006-03-09T21:24:54Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > One minor quibble - you made the claim that post-laying birds don’t taste all that good. While it’s true that the meat is not up to contemporary standards of taste and texture, such birds are sought after for making broth. If you want a really rich chicken broth the best thing for it is a post-laying hen. I had heard that; the peer-reviewers for the article on my message board told me as much. I could have been more specific about how might be a better use of the chickens. ---
**Author:** ![Tourt\_Eroglik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tourt\_Eroglik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tourt_Eroglik)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/22 "2006-03-10T00:43:32Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > If the complex goes through one million birds per week, that’s 52,000,000 birds per year. > > Or 52,000 thousand birds per year. > > If it processes 65,000 tons of manure per year, then that’s 65,000 tons/year over 52,000 thousand birds/year, or 1.25 tons per thousand birds. Ahh. Gotcha. I suppose noting the whole WEEK thing would have helped. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/23 "2006-03-10T01:07:47Z")
> [@Tourt Eroglik](#): > > Ahh. Gotcha. I suppose noting the whole WEEK thing would have helped. Eh, it happens. I make worse mistakes on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/24 "2006-03-12T03:01:45Z")
> [@Una Persson](#): > > If you bought fertilised eggs for cooking, you’d end up with a bloody mess of dead chicken foetus rather than delicious eggy goodness… I always buy the most organic and cage free eggs I can get, and so this does happen to me occasionally. I particularily remember one especially bloody and yucky incident that scared the bejezus out of my girlfriend at the time. The waffles still turned out great\*. Doesn’t much bother me, though, at least it proves that I get what I’m paying for. \*OK, OK, I admit it, I did remove the avian abortion aftermath from the waffle mix. I suppose it \*would \* be edible… but I don’t usually eat chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/25 "2006-03-12T03:14:00Z")
So _that’s_ how that chicken and waffle place got started. I always wondered about that. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/26 "2006-03-12T13:57:29Z")
> [@Peak Banana](#): > > > [@Una Persson](#): > > > > If you bought fertilised eggs for cooking, you’d end up with a bloody mess of dead chicken foetus rather than delicious eggy goodness… Just FTR, you’re quoting someone else; I don’t know how my name got in there… ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/27 "2006-03-14T04:47:52Z")
I remember having a discussion with a woman once about whether the eggs we eat are fertilised. Unfortunately I was a wet-behind-the-ears 20, and she was in her 30s so I was immediately at a disadvantage, “Ah, silly little boy, what would you know about eggs?” I just hope that one day she’ll tell someone about the silly boy who thought that hens laid eggs without the help of a rooster, and that someone will say, “aha, I’m sorry to break it to you, but he was right!” Unfortunately I suspect that most people would just sigh and say, “ah, silly little boy, what would he know about eggs?” ---
**Author:** ![jhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/28 "2006-03-14T05:40:42Z")
Re the chickens –a normal poultry hen produces eggs whether or not here is a rooster –the rooster is reuired to make the eggs fertile for propagation purposes … jhow ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/29 "2006-03-16T13:00:32Z")
Well, the regular eggs we eat are basically chicken menstruation, after all. Now, why would women need men around in order to menstruate? What a silly idea. (Sorry if that image put anyone off their omelettes.) ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903/30 "2006-03-16T15:30:41Z")
> [@Peak Banana](#): > > Now, why would women need men around in order to menstruate? Well, you don’t think we waste all that PMS on _each other,_ do you? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-the-egg/346903.md?page=1)