hatchability of porous eggs

[roxie03]

School teacher here....I will admit that I am a novice but when I candled my eggs most of them are speckled, which I have been told means they are porous. I've also been told that porous eggs usually will not hatch. I got my eggs from a large hatchery through a school program they offer rather than a farm. This makes me believe that my eggs stand a better chance of hatching but I'm a little concerned about them being too porous. Advice please!!! I don't want my kids to be disappointed.

 

[rikku_03]

on a post I read by Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain it says porous eggs have a good chance of hatching too except they need more humidity.
Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain's Post

 

[Ryu]

My standard cornish don't have great shell quality (one more thing to work on!) and occasionally I get a fairly porous egg.

They can hatch, but for me a high percentage candle as infertile. I have stopped setting them.

If they start developing they should be ok, just watch the air cell size as mentioned previously.

Good luck!

 

[pips&peeps]

They are very hatchable. You just need to watch the humidty better if you are using a styrofoam incubator.

There is no difference in the internal part of a porous egg than a non porous egg.

 

[Mesa]

I have porous eggs pipping today. It's looking to be my best hatch ever.... my first attempt was a dismal failure. So yes, porous eggs can hatch.

 

[Kelpie]

I have had good luck with porous eggs. They are supposed to be more suseptable to bacteria but mine have done fine.

 

[EweSheep]

I've had good luck hatching out porous eggs as well as non porous, hard as rock shelled eggs.

 

[katrinag]

I would not worry about it too much. I have also hatched porous egg. The babies are just as strong as the non-porous.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I've never had trouble hatching porous eggs.

 

[gabrielle1976]

Thank you for makeing this post , I got some eggs from a local girl and some of them seem very porous so this is good info.