Looking for fertile eggs!?

[Lovestoryandaboy]

I live in missouri. Its a hard time of year to get eggs but what better place to ask? I am wanting some fertle rhode island reds or any egg layers. Any leads ?

 

[nuthatched]

Can you wait a few months? Most good breeders won't ship in winter.

 

[Lovestoryandaboy]

Oh really ? I'm on day 19 is this forming ?

 

[AshVau22]

Oh really ? I'm on day 19 is this forming ?View attachment 4267910

Unfortunately that egg looks like nothing formed. Either wasn't fertile or if anything did form it stopped a few days into incubating.

 

[Lovestoryandaboy]

Devastated....

 

[AshVau22]

Devastated....

Do you have other eggs incubating? At day 19 most of the egg would be dark and a large air sac on the fat end. With clear definition of the chick pushing and moving around near the air sac line. I'm sorry.

Getting hatching egg through the mail this time of year is you chance a very low hatch rate with the cold. And most people chicken slow laying. Do you know anyone local with a flock that might sell you some fertile egg? Maybe a local poultry auction.

 

[Lovestoryandaboy]

Unfortunately that egg looks like nothing formed. Either wasn't fertile or if anything did form it stopped a few days into incubating.

Do you have other eggs incubating? At day 19 most of the egg would be dark and a large air sac on the fat end. With clear definition of the chick pushing and moving around near the air sac line. I'm sorry.

Getting hatching egg through the mail this time of year is you chance a very low hatch rate with the cold. And most people chicken slow laying. Do you know anyone local with a flock that might sell you some fertile egg? Maybe a local poultry auction.

I have 7 I bought on amazon that were the guys last batch. All of them I can see veins and the dark spot. The two pictures came from my flock 19 days ago. Looks like I need to pitch them out. I have one roosted to 5 hens. But very slow laying its like 15 degrees here lately. Slow laying right now

 

[AshVau22]

I've ordered hatching eggs in February before off eBay. It's a gamble. But I've had successful hatches and some not so successful .
Have you checked your eggs for fertility? Anytime I crack any egg for eating I always see if it's fertilized. Honestly I do it so much it's a habit with any egg I crack lol.

 

[SourRoses]

Well you said you live in Missouri so it's not that cold, right?
Try joining some FB groups for breeds you like and see if anyone is also from a warm area.
Here in FL we're supposed to have a "heat dome" until Christmas, and I thought the weather report said it was for more states than just ours.
This is a great time of year for hatching for us, because we don't have to deal with overheating issues. So I put lights in the coop to keep mine laying. I'm sure enough others do that too that you could find eggs of a breed you want somewhere. Try asking on the buy sell trade section? Or in your state thread? @BigBlueHen53 do you have thoughts?

 

[Lovestoryandaboy]

Its terrible cold in Missouri I live north of kc about 1.5 hrs. I thought about doing lights but is it unhealthy/ interrupting of the babies normal natural life? My chickens enjoy sleeping early lol it gets dark around 7 pm here