Hatching store bought eggs~ Whole Foods vs. Trader Joes

[liz9910]

Hi, I've seen fertile eggs (Rock Island) at my local supermarket, SaveMart. Haven't tried hatching them yet

Elizabeth

 

[XxPandaxX]

Same here ! How's it going? I'm planning on starting mine at 12:00AM, but I haven't gotten home yet to work out some temperature kinks... So I don't know, maybe I'll have to wait another day to set them :/

 

[Nomibear]

I don't know what the breeds are. We have one from TJ's. It was a white egg and a pale yellow chick.
From 4-H we have 2 black chicks that came from dark brown eggs & 2 that look like chipmunks and came from green eggs.
There are 14 that range from a pale yellow to a golden reddish color - 8 of the 14 are Whole Foods and 6 are 4-H. I'd say there are fewer that gave the reddish hue; so maybe the paler ones are from Whole Foods. Hope the photos help. The eggs I got from the 4-H were aprox $7/doz. You can get a variety from them: green, brown, tan, white.
Maybe somebody that knows chickens a lot better than I do can tell you what they are. All I know is they are darn cute.

The chicks that are white/yellow with black spots (in pic 2) should be California Whites. I think i have 9 of them. ~Naomi

 

[Nomibear]

I think California Whites are still considered Leghorns....

 

[XxPandaxX]

One of my Whole Foods eggs started developing in the last batch. I candled it and then it died..I figured it was because I haven't washed my hands and the oils have been clogging the pores bringing in oxygen... So I got 2 more cartons and put 15 in the bator. I won't candle till day 8, to be on the safe side... I'll keep y'all updated, for those who care.

 

[cluck-cluck]

I'll be looking forward to seeing how it goes! Gee, this sounds like a great way to do a practice run with my home made incubator! Only thing is I wouldn't know what to do with leghorns asI'm planning on tiny bantams! I see some threads where people are constantly hatching, and wonder what they do with all the chicks?

Still, I could just raise them for meat, I guess...

 

[XxPandaxX]

None started. Duds. Probably old...

 

[cluck-cluck]

Awww, I'm sorry

I just set some my hubby bought today for me to see if I can do it in my home made incubator, kinda for practice. Mine are 8 days old (packed 8 days ago) so I hope it'll work. 4 eggs were no good and I'll be breaking 'em to see if they have bulls-eyes in the next couple of days. That should give me an idea of how fertile these eggs started off at ??

 

[XxPandaxX]

Yup ! What kind are they ?

 

[cluck-cluck]

Hi They're Trader Joe's so they'll be California White hybrids? That is, I read california whites don't breed true, but it seems the sure look the same as their parents ?? LOL