Can I Put Hatching eggs in the Fridge??

[Pastel the Rooster]

I am going to put some hatching eggs in next week, and a friend told me that he saw that you can put them in the fridge for a week or two to kill most of the roosters... is this true? I am going to be giving all of the hatched chicks to him because he wants chickens, and he said we should try it. He also said that if it doesn't work, he doesn't mind waiting another month for me to hatch out some eggs. @azygous? What do you think? @Eggcessive? @Wyorp Rock? I am also going to be doing a "Hatch-A-Long" and an "Adopt and Egg."

 

[azygous]

Let me get this straight. You aren't refrigerating the eggs to keep them fresh but to kill male embryos? If so, that is something someone pulled out of the vestigial brain in their posterior.

There are so many ways that's not science, I'd have to give up the next half hour of shoveling snow to go over them.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Let me get this straight. You aren't refrigerating the eggs to keep them fresh but to kill male embryos? If so, that is something someone pulled out of the vestigial brain in their posterior.

There are so many ways that's not science, I'd have to give up the next half hour of shoveling snow to go over them.

I don't know honestly That's just what the guy wanted us to try They only want a few roos... All the others they are gonna kill and chuck them in the woods for coyotes! I honestly am just going along with what they want me to do...

 

[Kiki]

I am going to put some hatching eggs in next week, and a friend told me that he saw that you can put them in the fridge for a week or two to kill most of the roosters... is this true? I am going to be giving all of the hatched chicks to him because he wants chickens, and he said we should try it. He also said that if it doesn't work, he doesn't mind waiting another month for me to hatch out some eggs. @azygous? What do you think? @Eggcessive? @Wyorp Rock? I am also going to be doing a "Hatch-A-Long" and an "Adopt and Egg."

Zero truth to what your friend told you. Is your friend an adult?

 

[Kiki]

I don't know honestly That's just what the guy wanted us to try They only want a few roos... All the others they are gonna kill and chuck them in the woods for coyotes! I honestly am just going along with what they want me to do...

I'd stop listening to what this person tells you to do.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Let me get this straight. You aren't refrigerating the eggs to keep them fresh but to kill male embryos? If so, that is something someone pulled out of the vestigial brain in their posterior.

There are so many ways that's not science, I'd have to give up the next half hour of shoveling snow to go over them.

I'll just stick with my normal incubating method!! I was skeptical about it when he told me about it...

 

[Eggcessive]

I think a lot of people share wrong information. If that were true, most hatcheries would not have all kinds of extra baby cockerels to find something to do with. If I were going to hatch eggs, I would keep them at room temperature in the house for up to 10 days. The reason I stopped hatching my own was that I hatched from 50-70% roosters, and there can be issues with incubation temps and humidity that cause all kinds of problems in legs. Broodies are the best way to go.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Zero truth to what your friend told you. Is your friend an adult?

Yes.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Thank you! I was very confused about the concept of putting the eggs in the refrigerator. Thank you for the information!!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I think a lot of people share wrong information. If that were true, most hatcheries would not have all kinds of extra baby cockerels to find something to do with. If I were going to hatch eggs, I would keep them at room temperature in the house for up to 10 days. The reason I stopped hatching my own was that I hatched from 50-70% roosters, and there can be issues with incubation temps and humidity that cause all kinds of problems in legs. Broodies are the best way to go.

Sadly I don't have any broodies.