Hatching fertile store bought eggs?

[BirdyGirl7198]

These are pictures of the eggs.

And this is my duckling Edgie!

 

[Arielle]

Nice to see the pics--thanks for posting them. Keep us updated!

Cute ducky.

 

[cmom]

I bought some cartons of free range eggs from the store. I cracked a couple from each carton and they were not fertile. One was Eggslands Best and the other was Nature something.

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

I will see if I can post a pic or two every day. Thanks, she's a cutie

That's to bad about the store bought eggs. I will have to go back and find out what kind they are.

 

[ODEY587]

I have to say that egg in the picture does not look fertile. And these people hatching trader Joe eggs well the store must get them really fresh if we only have a ten or so day period to get the eggs in the bator after being laid. Is that the only egg your trying to hatch? Here a link you can check out on candleing http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

It has only been in the incubator for about 34-40 hours so it is still to early to tell without a doubt. This is the only egg I'm trying to hatch right now cause it was the only one we had left after baking a cake

All the eggs that we cracked open for the cake had the bulls eye. So I am assuming this one is fertile too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed

 

[ODEY587]

Goodluck with the hatch, will you name the chick omelette lol.

 

[anderson8505]

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yup

 

[Ridgerunner]

Most of the eggs you buy at the store, especially national brands, are from operations where they have thousands of hens in a building with no roosters. But some operations that sell eggs also have breeding flocks where they breed and hatch their own replacements. If they don't need to hatch all of the eggs from that flock, they can get sold. Hatcheries may not hatch every egg their breeding flock lays, for whatever reason. Those eggs still have value. It is unlikely but possible to get a fertile egg from the grocery.

Then you have these operations that sell free range or organic eggs. Not all the free range or organic operations are going to pay to feed a rooster they don't need, but some will so the eggs might be fertile. Then you have places like Trader Joe's that sell fertile eggs. This does not mean they are all fertile, just that the rooster had his chance. And while refrigeration reduces the chances that the egg will hatch, it does not mean the egg absolutely won't hatch.

Where you get the eggs makes a difference and some give you better odds, but if the other eggs in the carton show the bull's eye, you have a chance. Good luck!!!!

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

Thanks for all the help! I went back to the store and my sister insisted we get more encase it does work SO we bought another six case of the same brand.

It's called Naturegg. I think one of you said something about that earlier in the post? They are the free run, nest laid eggs. It's hard to tell but I think 3 of them are fertile, maybe I'm wrong.
What do you guys know about this brand? I was looking on google to see if there was anything about then selling fertile eggs, it's came up with nothing. I will keep looking though.


Thanks!!!!!