no they are pets . too small to eat you would have to eat more then 20 to get half full . lol they only grow to the size of day old chicks . they use them in avairy to clean up dropped bird seed and stuff . i am keeping 4 or 5 the rest i have to find homes for . i didnt count on so many hatching ( didnt count my chicks before they hatched ) . the eggs are good eating i hear , my daughter would cry lol she has been sitting over top of the brooder with her hand in there lol they run right to it and hop on lol that wont stay like that for long .