Does putting eggs in the fridge cancel out their fertility?

[Tuffoldhen]

Let me say this, it was never intended for refridged eggs to be used as hatching eggs for incubation at my house. Always store eggs to be use for incubation in a cool dry place for up to 10 days if your incubating. The ones from my fridge used were extras that someone wanted and tried just to see if they would hatch out and they did have a hatch. I certainly don't use this method on my hatching of chicks.

 

[lnm03]

Can you eat a fertalized egg?

 

[the1much]

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yup

 

[the1much]

a fertile egg is 1 or 2 cells different from an un-fertile 1.

 

[cjeanean]

I think the OP wants to know if it can be done...I know I threw some of my eggs in the fridge and wanted to hatch them as an afterthought....They've been in there for quite a while, though, so I don't know if they're any good. I was gonna hatch my own but my hens stopped laying, and now my younger hens are giving me pullet eggs but the roos won't do their business....

 

[joebryant]

I'd have an impossible chance of finding a place anywhere around here that's 55 degrees to store eggs. Could they be kept in a cooler with some ice added? I doubt that that would be as cold as a refrigerator and cooler than anywhere in my house.

EDIT: Found this:
http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/vita/foodproc/en/foodproc.htm
"Potatoes keep better if cured within 1-3 days after harvest. The easiest way to
cure potatoes is to keep them in a container with restricted ventilation (to
establish a high relative humidity of about 85 percent) for about 15 days at 15 [degrees]C
(60[degrees]F), or 10 days to 20[degrees]F, or 6 days at 25[degrees]F). After curing, fully
open the container to allow free air movement and store in a cool, dark place."

Edit #2: Is that humidity too high?

 

[the1much]

i put all my eggs in a small fridge set to its warmest setting, and after a week i let them sit out for about 8 hours to get room temp,, then in the bator they go,, we have 30 in the bator i put in there last week, they were in the fridge for a week, and EVERY 1 of them are developing.

 

[joebryant]

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Do you know what the humidity in your small fridge is when it's set to its warmest, or does humidity matter when they're being stored?

 

[the1much]

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Do you know what the humidity in your small fridge is when it's set to its warmest, or does humidity matter when they're being stored?

nope never checked it, but i got them in cartons, and unless it was extremely high i dont think,,THINK,, it matters,, when it gets too high it would probably drown them. and my house is WICKED dry here,, shoot with no water in the bator, it goes down to 25% instantly , and if let alone, even lower.

 

[joebryant]

I think that I've found a good place in my house to store my hopefully-soon-to-come eggs waiting to go into the incubator. I put a thermomter that measure temperature and humidity in a cabinet downstairs in the utility room. It measured 66 degrees and 46% humidity. Does that sound good?