Hatching water-glassed eggs?

[Heddy from Mora]

Is it possible? I have new neighbors and their dog frequents my yard all the time. And no, talking to them won't help, I'll leave it at that.

I'd like to have some hatching eggs on hand in case he decides to have them for dinner. I'm terrified to let them out of their coop now that the weather is warming up. I live on ten acres and have been free-ranging my flock for almost 15 years, looks like those days may be over.

 

[nuthatched]

It depends if you live in a fence in or fence out county.
But no, fertility drops after 9 days, and would continue to degrade after that. You may get a few developers that quot or even a few week hatchers.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Is it possible? I have new neighbors and their dog frequents my yard all the time. And no, talking to them won't help, I'll leave it at that.

I'd like to have some hatching eggs on hand in case he decides to have them for dinner. I'm terrified to let them out of their coop now that the weather is warming up. I live on ten acres and have been free-ranging my flock for almost 15 years, looks like those days may be over.

No. Eggs must be fresh and kept at room temp. Water glassing preserves them in a lime solution, definitely not survivable!

 

[NatJ]

Is it possible? I have new neighbors and their dog frequents my yard all the time. And no, talking to them won't help, I'll leave it at that.

I'd like to have some hatching eggs on hand in case he decides to have them for dinner. I'm terrified to let them out of their coop now that the weather is warming up. I live on ten acres and have been free-ranging my flock for almost 15 years, looks like those days may be over.

A simple way to have hatching eggs on hand:
each day, collect the eggs laid that day and write the date on them. Then put them in an egg carton or other safe place.
From the same carton, take out the eggs that are a week old and eat them or stick them with the other eggs you intend to eat.

Eggs are most likely to hatch if they are less than a week old. The conditions that are good for storing hatching eggs are also fine for storing eggs to eat (a little warmer than a refrigerator, definitely below 80 degrees fahrenheit. Normal room temperature is usually okay.)

If anything happens, you will have a week's worth of eggs to hatch, and they will be nice and fresh.

This is also handy if you want to hatch eggs with broody hens: if a hen goes broody, you have a nice set of eggs ready to give her.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Sounds like trying to grow cucumbers from pickle seeds!

 

[TicaCielo]

How about an electric poultry fence?

 

[CoopBoots]

Is it possible? I have new neighbors and their dog frequents my yard all the time. And no, talking to them won't help, I'll leave it at that.

I'd like to have some hatching eggs on hand in case he decides to have them for dinner. I'm terrified to let them out of their coop now that the weather is warming up. I live on ten acres and have been free-ranging my flock for almost 15 years, looks like those days may be over.

I'm sorry your neighbors are so irresponsible. There may be laws in your favor re: taking action to prevent your birds on your property from becoming someone else's dog's dinner.

I keep some eggs unwashed on my counters for short periods. As they get older they go into the fridge or are eaten, but I always have a backlog that should have decent chances of hatching should things go south for my flock.