hatching egg..already in fridge

[Kelly Owl]

Good Morning all my BYC friends..so on Tuesday one of my Tweedles(silkies) laid an egg..I collected it and put it in the fridge..Thursday to my surprise I found another Tweedle egg..I left it in the coop..marked it and the one I took from the fridge from Tuesday..The Tweedles are seperate from the Australorps as the bigger birds pick on them...but I did see the rooster mate with ??one ?? of the Tweedles..Can anyone advise..do I have a chance that one of the eggs will hatch and I will have a new generation..or am I just wasting eggs and time?? thanks for any input

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I hatched a chick out of an egg that was refrigerated and I have developing eggs in my incubator presently that were refrigerated. It's more important that they were stored pointy side down and not washed. Fertility drops as the eggs age.

 

[Kelly Owl]

I hatched a chick out of an egg that was refrigerated and I have developing eggs in my incubator presently that were refrigerated. It's more important that they were stored pointy side down and not washed. Fertility drops as the eggs age.

ohhh..thank you..I didnt know about storage pointy side down..ummm cant honestly remember if this was so or not..they are marked so I can at least keep an eye on them now..ok you give me hope!! thank you so much

 

[Ruby Rogue]

You're welcome and good luck

 

[Kelly Owl]

You're welcome and good luck

 

[Ruby Rogue]

I forgot to mention, if you're hatching eggs from the fridge, you're supposed to allow them to settle to room temperature before incubating.

Don't forget to post pics of your babies

 

[Kelly Owl]

Ruby Rouge..here are a couple..Tweedles Ive been talking about..and a few of the Australorps . Thanks for the advise. Today again to my surprise the Tweedles laid 2!! more eggs..Im not touching them. There is now a total of 4 eggs..1 was in the fridge and the others havent been moved by me at all..the Tweedles didnt lay any eggs in the month Ive owned them so this is exciting

 

[Kelly Owl]

Ruby Rouge..here are the eggs ive gotten..2 are marked from Tuesday and Thursday the other 2 are from today

 

[Alaskan]

The question I see... is if they are fertile.

 

[Kelly Owl]

The question I see... is if they are fertile.

ya..thats agreed..all I can do now is wait and hope. New chicken mama so its all a learning experience for me..loving all the lessons though