Is it permissible to eat the eggs and chicks of “machine” hens?

Question

Question: Nowadays hens lay eggs without a rooster, that is, the eggs are obtained by means of a machine. Secondly, instead of the hen, a machine hatches the chicks. So what is the ruling now on eating such eggs and such a chicken?

Answer

Eating eggs and chicks (chickens) produced by means of a machine is permissible according to the Sacred Law.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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