Going to try and hatch grocery store chicken eggs!

[Ccisdacute1]

I'm going to see if I can get my hands on these beauties that are supposedly at my local City Market. It would be wild if they actually hatch.

Omg do it!! They look like some good eggs. It would be sooo wild.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Thats so cool! Were they refrigerated? And thank you!!

they were chilled when I took them off the shelf- they had tiny beads of condensation accross the shells too. Very cold eggs. Not sure how long they were like that, but I gave them several hours to get to room temperature before incubating-
had 3 develop, one quit (it was cracked badly and bacteria managed to get in), and the other two hatched!

 

[Ccisdacute1]

they were chilled when I took them off the shelf- they had tiny beads of condensation accross the shells too. Very cold eggs. Not sure how long they were like that, but I gave them several hours to get to room temperature before incubating-
had 3 develop, one quit (it was cracked badly and bacteria managed to get in), and the other two hatched!

Wow thats so cool! Did they say the eggs were fertile or were they labeled as free range?

 

[Ccisdacute1]

Got some quail eggs from the grocery store as well!! I had to get them when I saw them. And I got another 6 pack of a different brand free range eggs. Somethings gotta hatch from all of these eggs

 

[BelovedBirds]

Wow thats so cool! Did they say the eggs were fertile or were they labeled as free range?

yes, free range eggs! The male ducks quite commonly get missed as they look the same except a couple small details. In a larger flock they're missed. But I have heard of it happening with chicken eggs too! And quails too. I tried it with quail eggs before duck eggs, and most the eggs developed but all quit due to really rough transit and being stored too long.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

Didn't @Kiki do this a while back? Maybe I'm wrong and I've mixed myself up somewhere along the way. I'm anxious to follow along and see what happens. I wish you luck

I believe she hatched store bought duck eggs once.

 

[Ccisdacute1]

yes, free range eggs! The male ducks quite commonly get missed as they look the same except a couple small details. In a larger flock they're missed. But I have heard of it happening with chicken eggs too! And quails too. I tried it with quail eggs before duck eggs, and most the eggs developed but all quit due to really rough transit and being stored too long.

Oh that makes perfect sense! I guess we shall see.

 

[Ccisdacute1]

Okay so some of the quail eggs had little cracks in them and I sealed them with candle wax do you think I can still incubate them? Or should I toss them? 2 of them were a bit too cracked so I opened them to see inside and it was harder than a chicken egg to pierce through the membrane so this leads me to believe that the eggs will be okay.

 

[Ccisdacute1]

Don’t mind the temperature I was recalibrating my thermometer/ hygrometer I took it out to let it cool down then put it back in to check accuracy. But here are all the eggs inside together!

 

[FBMcrazy8]

Following….this is interesting. I honestly would have never thought to take eggs from the store and incubate them…..