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Why chicken eggs and not eggs from other birds? Question
I heard (citation needed) that chickens lay eggs but only start brooding them when there are a lot of them (a dozen, if it is true what I gathered from hearsay).
This would imply that those eggs have a natural resistance not to rot away early, making them a staple food preferred over eggs from ducks, ostrich and other birds.
Anyone here who knows better and can confirm or correct?
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This is subjective as I haven't heard any rumor relating egg resistance and clutch size with brooding chickens. It is a very temperamental subject largely differing between breeds and climates. From experience some hens only brood with comically large clutches, others not at all.
In the US, eggs are fairly well regulated. Information regarding bacterial resistance between duck and chicken eggs suggests the differences in outer shells having no affect. Source
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