May be a dumb question

[fuzziecreatures]

Can you take fertile refrigerated eggs and put them under a broody?
I'm guessing no

 

[kidcody]

Yes!!! Not A dumb question. I recently just did that !!!

 

[fuzziecreatures]

And got babies! Wow. We have been trying to break them of being broody. First#1 went broody, again. Then#2 decided it would be fun

 

[silky_3699]

OMG! you can do that. i did that once and they never hatched! how long were they in the fridge for???

 

[pete55]

yes it can bedone but generally not recommended. As long as the Fridge temperature is not too low (ideally 5-8C). Any lower and the liquid parts develop ice crystals and if this happens over the embryonic disc then the cells will be damaged.

Ideally keep the eggs in a cool room about 55F but I'd say give it a try and candle in one week

Pete

 

[kidcody]

I had the eggs in thr frig for a little over a month, I put them in the incubator and hatched 16 chicks. Only one egg did not develope.