Refrigeration may decrease viability, but will not completely stop them from hatching. I personally have hatched two chickens from store bought eggs in the fridge isle. The carton has to be labeled "Fertilized eggs" or something along those lines. They don't usually sell these eggs at your regular supermarket, you have to shop at health food stores such as Trader Joe's, Whole Foods or a local farmers market. If you find them, grab the carton of eggs in the very back, those are the freshest. I hatched two out of a dozen eggs, which is actually good given the fact that they went through shipping and refrigeration. They are white leghorns, and I bought the dozen at Trader Joe's. The eggs at Whole Foods usually hatch out sex links, that's what I heard. Good luck
cute!I hatched out 3 fridge eggs of the 7 I placed in incubator last hatch- one was infertile and the others made it to full grown but not pip, (I think I had too much water in incubator that hatch.) I have 6 fridge eggs in a smaller incubator (also homemade) and it is day 14 candled, all is well with all 6. Here is a pic of my fridge chicks.
