Grocery store eggs. I cracked one open. My indings.Incubation ?

[bahamas]

ok i'm an incuholic. right so i had to find out. Are store eggs incubateable.? I cracked one open there was a whitish dot in the one i craccked open.I've heard infertile eggs explode during incubation .Is it true ?Any1 ever incubated any store eggs ? Did any hatche.

 

[RedfogsFlock]

I wouldn't think they would hatch since they are washed with chlorine. ???

 

[bahamas]

they are washed with clorine ???? OMG. But uhm if they werent fertile would they explode.?

 

[Tala]

They ALL have a white dot.

What you need to see is a bullseye!

I know some people DO successfully hatch refrigerated Trader Joe's eggs......

 

[Tala]

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Dont you candle your eggs?? If they don't have development by 7days, heck on white eggs you can see lots of veining as early as 3-4 days, you can throw them out before they go bad and explode.

 

[aveca]

actually some people in here have hatched eggs from grocery store, Maybe they will pipe in here and tell about it..Somone got eggs from a farmers market and hatched them ect... there is a small white dot in all eggs it begins to look like something when it grows into a blastoderm they look a little different there are pictures posted in here if you search of exactly what it should look like fertile

 

[suzettex5]

Trader Joe's and Whole food markets both sell 'fertilized' eggs. I have no clue as to breed. There have been people successfull at hatching a few. I guess if you dont care the breed or genetics, you could try it. If I didnt have all the eggs coming I could handle, I would think about trying it, just to see for myself.

 

[sunnychooks]

Were they sold as fertile eggs? If not, those hen never had exposure to a rooster and they would be infertile. If they were sold as fertile eggs, I've heard of people actually hatching them but the conditions the eggs were kept in probably were not that conducive to incubation. There is a thread somewhere that shows the difference between the blastodisc and the blastoderm on fertile and infertile yolks. You could tell by cracking a few open and checking the fertility.
If you candle at about 10 days you would be able to tell if they were developing. If not, you could remove them to insure they do not explode in your incubator.

ETA: Looks like a bunch of us were all responding at the same time!

 

[KandJsmama]

GardenNerd did it:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=124940

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

The more expensive the eggs the more likely they are to be fertile. Cheap store eggs are from battery cages, and there is no chance there is a rooster. Free range, or cage free have a slightly better chance. When you get into organic or pasture raised eggs, the chances get better.

I picked up a dozen blue eggs from the fridge at the organic food stand at one of our markets, and just for fun put 5 in the incubator. 1 started and then quit, but 4 of them should hatch next week.