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GhostsinGlass t1_jacipn3 wrote

Are seagull eggs edible?

They keep laying them in my window (One of my windows opens up onto the roof of the building next to me). I don't want to eat them because I don't enjoy eggs but it makes me wonder. Do you think the taste of cigarette butts and garbage squeezins' it passed through to the liquid seagull inside?

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i-d-even-k- t1_jacn993 wrote

All eggs are edible.

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bsquiggle1 t1_jacvxyh wrote

Some of them only once

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i-d-even-k- t1_jadeciy wrote

Which ones? Genuinely curious, I am not aware of any bird eggs that aren't edible (as long as they don't have bacteria on the shell, of course).

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bsquiggle1 t1_jaeswjm wrote

https://farmandanimals.com/can-you-eat-bird-eggs/

Are All Bird Eggs Edible? Actually no, not all bird eggs should be eaten due to some birds being toxic. These birds include ones that eat insects causing the birds skin, feathers, and dander to contain the same chemical found in poison dart frogs, Batrachotoxinin-A or BTX:

Hooded Pitohui – from New Guinea. Northern Variable Pitohui – from New Guinea. Blue Capped Ifrita – From New Guinea. Little Shrikethrush – from Australia. Because these birds all sit on their eggs, even touching them would probably be a bad idea.

Other toxic birds include:

Red Warbler – from Mexico Spur-winged Goose – from Sub-Saharan Africa

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