Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

[luckysaysgo]

Sounds cool! The Winco in Redding has Rock Island eggs that are marked fertile, and she plans to try those next.

 

[luckysaysgo]

Wow! I'll have to check that out. Good to know Ty.

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

UPDATE:  Just candled... The 6 brown organic free range were yokers.  Guess there are no Roos on the range.

31 white Trader Joe's fertile, 6 had blood rings, 10 were yokers.  15 show development, thee to four may be quiters (will known next weekend).  One egg has twin embryos.

do twins ever hatch out alive?

 

[islandgirl82]

do twins ever hatch out alive?

yes! There's a video on YouTube of a woman who had to help a pair hatch from a single egg.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: Rock Island are the ones I hatched. I got 5 of 12. Here is a picture of a trio from those eggs. Some one from another thread said they looks like Austra Whites and may be a hybrid. THey have some faint black spots here and there. They are about 15 weeks here. I just caught to cockerel trying to mount one of my Marans hens today. He hasn't crowed yet though that I have heard.

 

[luckysaysgo]

We put the tj eggs, Winco eggs, some araucanas that were generously donated and some backyard mutts in today! We will see what happens

 

[DoubleMM]

We put the tj eggs, Winco eggs, some araucanas that were generously donated and some backyard mutts in today! We will see what happens

rooting for a good hatch

 

[Audio51]

We put the tj eggs, Winco eggs, some araucanas that were generously donated and some backyard mutts in today! We will see what happens

Here's to a great hatch!

 

[Peep_Show]

So I'm up at Trader Joe's today and the little devil on my shoulder is whispering in my ear that I may have 10 spaces in my incubator once my other eggs arrive and "Go ahead....take a look"

I took a look. All eggs in the case are at least 10 days old. I see a TJ employee walking past.

"Go ahead," says the little devil, "Ask."

Me: "Excuse me. I notice these eggs are 10 days old. Do you have anything fresher in the back?"

TJer: "I'll go see."

He returns with a whole case of TJ Fertile eggs with a Julian date of 244. (Today, btw, is 247)

SCORE!!!!!!!

And the eggs' shells look really decent and dense! So I'll throw a couple in the incubator Saturday and see what develops. It'd be nice to have a little TJ and JoJo in the flock.


Moral of this story: Ask and ye shall be rewarded

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

After years of wanting to try this, I'm finally joining the club! I put a dozen 5 day old TJ eggs under my broody BA yesterday. If they hatch, great! If they don't they'll keep her busy until I can get her some chicks.
I'm planning to candle at about 5-6 days and at about 12-14. I didn't think to candle them before I put them under her so I don't know how thick the shells are. I hope they will hold up to a broody.