Hatching Grocery store eggs attempt

[Sam Reichert]

So I am going to try to hatch grocery store eggs. I thought it would be a fun project. I am going to try hatching “Happy Egg” eggs. I saw that someone else had success in hatching their eggs so why not try it myself. They have Marans (I believe BCM) and i believe lohmann browns and what they call speckled legbar. I don’t even know what that is so if someone else does please tell me. I have 3 light blue/green eggs and 4 maran eggs. I didn’t have any lohmann brown eggs though. I can’t wait to see if they will hatch!View attachment 2389800View attachment 2389802

This is seriously flipping amazing...that would be the most cost effective way to get amazing laying colors. Hatching eggs are not cheap!

 

[Xouie]

Were those roosters from your SFH hatch? And what breed are you gonna keep?

Yeah, those guys were all SFH. If anything happens with these store eggs I’ll be giving the newer birds to my sisters.

 

[JadeFarms]

@Love my chickens 25 what do your grocery store chicks look like now?

 

[Anime2lover]

I tried grocery store eggs with no success. But I will try and find happy eggs if they go so well.

 

[NatJ]

So I did a Google search to find out whether the Happy Egg Co could possibly have fertilized eggs and I came across the following response. I don't have Facebook and don't know how "accurate" this might be.... But if it is true, it would seem the Happy Egg experiment is doomed to failure. Good thing I also included eggs from my own girls....

That's talking about sexlinks, where the males are a different color.

For any non-sexlink breeds of chickens, a few roosters will probably slip through the sexing process. So they must specifically remove those roosters after they grow up enough to be obvious, or else there is some chance of fertile eggs.

 

[TJAnonymous]

That's talking about sexlinks, where the males are a different color.

For any non-sexlink breeds of chickens, a few roosters will probably slip through the sexing process. So they must specifically remove those roosters after they grow up enough to be obvious, or else there is some chance of fertile eggs.

Happy Egg Co uses 4 breeds of chicken -
Lohman Brown
Hy-Line Brown
Copper Maran
Speckled Legbar

Since my package had only brown eggs, that rules out the Legbar. Are any of the other 3 breeds a sex-link breed?

 

[Love my chickens 25]

@Love my chickens 25 what do your grocery store chicks look like now?

Adorable but tomorrow I’ll get pictures of the other 2.

 

[JulieBeth07]

I had no idea this was possible! I'm following! Can't wait to see updates!

 

[Tonyroo]

Happy Egg Co uses 4 breeds of chicken -
Lohman Brown
Hy-Line Brown
Copper Maran
Speckled Legbar

Since my package had only brown eggs, that rules out the Legbar. Are any of the other 3 breeds a sex-link breed?

I thought Copper Marans were sex link. I don't know about the other two breeds.

 

[Love my chickens 25]

The barred cockerel in the first picture is my own but the others are from the store eggs