Hatching Grocery Store EGGS?

[thechickman04]

Ok i went to wal-mart today and my mom needed eggs and i got this idea. Is it possible that grocery store eggs might be fertile? I think it would be fun to hatch some of the grocery store brown eggs.....So is any of the grocery store eggs fertile?

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

justino has done it

 

[thechickman04]

i thought maybe if it says cage free thaey might be fertile

 

[MissPrissy]

cage free doesn't mean the hen was exposed to a rooster. It also doesn't mean exactly mean free roaming either.

I would look for eggs labled free range. You might have better luck.

 

[thechickman04]

ok that makes more sense

 

[asher]

I'd just go to a local farm and buy some. ;-) Way more of a chance of getting some babies that way.

 

[thechickman04]

i have plenty of eggs of my own that i can incubate but i would just like to see what happened with grocery store eggs

 

[greyfields]

Just google "egg battery" or "hen battery" and you'll quickly see why the eggs are 99.9999% not fertile. They are never exposed to roosters and don't leave cages.

 

[sweetshoplady]

So "Happy Hens in Oklahoma" doesn't mean fertile?

Must mean they play cards at night in their coops.

 

[EweSheep]

Maybe they are playing rummy or blackjack...who won?