Meet my fridge ducklings..

[sara]

A little over a month ago some wild savage made off with my pekin drake. My hen had either stopped laying or was hiding the eggs where I couldn't find them. I had some of the eggs in the fridge for at least two weeks. I took them out, brought them to room temperature, and set them in the incubator. 28 days later I have 6 of 6 eggs set hatched.

 

[Sparkalator]

Wow, that is amazing. Always heard that never works, I guess you proved that wrong.

 

[spook]

I agree, I always understood that you need to leave them on their side, in a warm dry place for no more then 1 week! They and you are amazing!!!!!

 

[SterlingAcres]

Congrats on the fridge babies!!

They're adorable!

 

[dixygirl]

Aw they are so cute!

Can I have some? jk


By the way, that's amazing too. I watched a documentary on Artificial insemination. They said they freeze the fertilized horse and cow embryos until they are ready to insert them into a host who will bring them to term. They said they have to use something special to prevent the cells from suffering damage during the freezing process. I believe they sad the cells exploded by being frozen normally. I guess you did something right. I would not try it though.

 

[chickens4jojo]

Wow~~you defied the odds & how cute they are!!!

 

[sara]

I only did it because my drake was sadly killed. I would not expect the same results in all cases, but it worked this time

 

[Wildsky]

Good Job Sara!! How lucky. I have heard of folks incubating and hatching eggs after they were in the fridge, someone tol dme about that after I had expressed concern shipping eggs in our freezing cold winter.