If you buy organic or free-range eggs, there is a greater likelihood that one might be fertilized. However, it's still a very small chance. The eggs you buy that aren't free range are produced by hens that have never seen the light of day, never been out of tiny cage, and most certainly never met a rooster. The male chicks go to slaughter houses to become the chicken we eat, and the females go to produce eggs.

I ALWAYS buy free-range eggs. At least the hens producing these eggs get to be outside, scratch in the dirt and have a somewhat normal life. The condidions laying hens are kept in otherwise are deplorable. I won't mention specifics here, because it is VERY disturbing, and I don't want to subject anyone to it if they weren't expecting it on this thread. However, if you are interested, google it. You will shocked, I guarantee, and you will only buy free-range eggs after reading it.

I can't remember exactly what that little white thing is called or what it's for, Kalei, but I DO remember reading it somewhere at some point in the past. It has nothing to do with the egg being fertilized or a chick, I do know that.