Incubating Trader Joe's eggs

[kaylaob]

bought eggs that are about 7 days old are they ok to be put in that late into the incubator??

 

[lazy gardener]

Either eat them or incubate them.

 

[kaylaob]

Either eat them or incubate them.

They aren't to old to incubate?

 

[lazy gardener]

What have you got to loose? Preferably within 7 days, but I'd go 2 weeks if I was itching to hatch. Your viability goes down the older the egg gets.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

you can buy fertilized eggs from Trader Joes?!

 

[Birdinhand]

with travel and age, the fertility rate tends to go down, on the other hand, for the price and ease, their's no harm in trying. it's not unheard of for store bought eggs to be fertile, but it's pretty hit or miss. candling after a week will reveal a lot and if you don't get any to survive, try another brand. the more free range/small farm they are, I would think the more likely they are to be fertile.

compared to the $60 I paid for a dozen lavender orp eggs I got off of e-bay, 8 hatched, 6 were roosters, one ended up severely lame... I've kind of swarn off paying good money for eggs that might not hatch. this spring the kiddos want to incubate again and we may just go the store bought route, it will be so much less stressful.

 

[dunnmom]

you can buy fertilized eggs from Trader Joes?!

News to me, too.

 

[staceyj]

In some states the eggs labeled as cage free may indeed be fertile.
Some States such as California require it to be put on the label, therefore in CA at least Trader Joe’s labels them as such.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

interesting

 

[kaylaob]

you can buy fertilized eggs from Trader Joes?!

Yes they have some at some stores so I'm gonna try and hatch them