Grocery store eggs series 2021

[WallyG74]

Following! I plan to try the Heritage Breeds also after my current hatch finishes up. I live very close to the Happy Egg farms so hoping they will be very fresh!! Did you crack any open to see if they looked fertile? I’m going to buy some for eating and check them out!

What does a fertile egg look like? My wife hasn’t made any comments about them looking different now that our rooster is doing his rooster business. I’m really curious.

 

[Weeg]

What does a fertile egg look like? My wife hasn’t made any comments about them looking different now that our rooster is doing his rooster business. I’m really curious.

this picture has a very clear Bullseye marking on the egg. Some won't be as clear, but if you see what looks like a bullseye, then it is fertile.

 

[BenlynFarm]

I decided to go for it and incubate the whole dozen. My flawed logic that $8 is a frightful price for eating eggs, but not bad for a dozen pretty hatching eggs.

Agreed, it’s a crazy price for eating eggs, they are $7 here. I’ll only buy these this one time for eating I’m anxious to see how yours turn out!

 

[Tonyroo]

I decided to go for it and incubate the whole dozen. My flawed logic that $8 is a frightful price for eating eggs, but not bad for a dozen pretty hatching eggs.

If they all hatch, that's bargain basement value for the chicks. lol.

 

[Tonyroo]

this picture has a very clear Bullseye marking on the egg. Some won't be as clear, but if you see what looks like a bullseye, then it is fertile.
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My own fertile eggs weren't as clear as your picture but more of a blur and all the eggs I incubated all hatched.

 

[pidgejr]

Starting tomorrow I’m going to try incubating a variety of eggs from grocery stores in my area. First will be chicken, then duck, then quail. (I know the chicken eggs are unremarkable, and it’s been done before, but we’re trying to keep things interesting around here, and the kiddo’s request was to try these.)

So starting off this venture will be:

Species: chicken
Brand: Happy Eggs
Type: Brown and Blue Heritage
Store: Lucky supermarket in Alameda
Purchase by date: January 1

Expectation: very low, as even if some are fertile the eggs traveled over 1000 miles and were refrigerated for an unknown amount of time prior to purchase.
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I plan to do a candling update around day 7.

I got 'covid cabin fever' so I just did the exact thing with the same eggs bought here in Ohio at a local Kroger...no dice. Not one was fertile, and I candled after 7 days because they were dark eggs and hard to see thru.

 

[Xouie]

I got 'covid cabin fever' so I just did the exact thing with the same eggs bought here in Ohio at a local Kroger...no dice. Not one was fertile, and I candled after 7 days because they were dark eggs and hard to see thru.

That’s really what I’m expecting on these too. If I get a bator full of zeroes, we just move on to the duck eggs early.

 

[My2butterflies]

Do farms that sell eggs to grocery stores keep roosters with their hens? I was under the impression they do not.
It would be pretty fun to hatch grocery store mystery eggs. Haha.

 

[pidgejr]

Do farms that sell eggs to grocery stores keep roosters with their hens? I was under the impression they do not.
It would be pretty fun to hatch grocery store mystery eggs. Haha.

Most don’t keep roosters with their hens for grocery store eggs. I have seen other posts where some stores sold fertile eggs like Trader Joe’s (they said ‘fertile’ on the egg carton) in the grocery for consumption, and there was some success hatching a few chicks out of a carton of those refrigerated eggs! The Trader Joe’s local to me here in Ohio does not carry them tho, nor does the Whole Foods store ( I checked LOL )

 

[janiedoe]

Following. And good luck!