Are these eggs fertilized?

[dand883]

After reading about people successfully hatching quail eggs from a supermarket, I got to thinking if the same can be done with chicken eggs.
I know that most commercial eggs in the grocery stores aren't fertilized, but a local place sells eggs that come from a breeder farm nearby, so I figured it might be possible that they are able to be hatched out.
I tried to get a close up of a few yolks that I was using for my omelet, but I don't know myself enough to hazard a guess about if they are fertile or just mature.
Let me know what you think and if they do look fertilized, would it be worth it to try and get some in the incubator and see what happens?

 

[featheredplanets]

No they’re not fertile.

If you want healthy chicks just buy some fertile eggs from a breeder. They’re not expensive.

 

[dand883]

No they’re not fertile.

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If you want healthy chicks just buy some fertile eggs from a breeder. They’re not expensive.

Thanks for confirming for me. It was more curiosity than anything.

 

[Not another roo]

No they’re not fertile.

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If you want healthy chicks just buy some fertile eggs from a breeder. They’re not expensive.

This was really helpful. I was about to ask the same thing as I saw those same spots on the eggs I bought at the supermarket.

 

[Not another roo]

I cracked this egg this morning thinking this hen had nothing to do with my now gone cockerell but the yolk looks like this. Is this a fertile egg? I'm about to put some eggs in the incubator and wonder if I should include a couple of her eggs?
Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge

 

[featheredplanets]

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I cracked this egg this morning thinking this hen had nothing to do with my now gone cockerell but the yolk looks like this. Is this a fertile egg? I'm about to put some eggs in the incubator and wonder if I should include a couple of her eggs?
Thanks everyone for sharing your knowledge

Sorry I can’t make it out from that picture. No harm in trying some in the bator though

 

[Not another roo]

are this photos better?
I only have a small incubator and only want to put eggs that I think may be fertile...

 

[The Happster]

Yes. It looks fertile.
And she will still be fertile for a while after the cockerel goes.

Supermarket eggs are less likely to hatch.
Your best chance of getting chicks (aside from actually having a cockerel and hatching your own eggs) is to buy some hatching eggs. Like Feathered says - they aren't expensive. Should be reasonably easy to obtain, depending if you want a certain breed or not.

 

[Not another roo]

Yes. It looks fertile.
And she will still be fertile for a while after the cockerel goes.

Supermarket eggs are less likely to hatch.
Your best chance of getting chicks (aside from actually having a cockerel and hatching your own eggs) is to buy some hatching eggs. Like Feathered says - they aren't expensive. Should be reasonably easy to obtain, depending if you want a certain breed or not.

Thanks OneHappyRooster, I have been collecting eggs from my araucana that should be fertile and just got 6 mixed eggs from the lady that I got the incubator from. My Rhode Island red used to chase away the cockerel so I never checked her eggs.
But given the option I probably prefer to try hatching my own girls babies.

 

[The Happster]

Try her eggs. She should still be fertile for a couple of weeks, if she was with a cockerel.
Hopefully you get some chicks.