Question about eggs in yard

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

I would try to incubate them. If they can incubate refrigerated fertile eggs from a store and have a pretty decent hatch rate I can't see why you can't. At least thats what I read on one of the threads here. As long as the eggs haven't been damaged. It just might take longer that 21 days. I'd give it a shot. What have you got to loose?

 

[mrsmaonaigh]

Thanks y'all. I think I just needed that little shove. Incubate it is. It hasn't really dropped below 75 here so hopefully we get something. We'll see in a few weeks!

 

[rufus]

I live in Phoenix. Sometimes the temperature in my backyard gets to over 120 degrees. I have found that even when I take the eggs in three or four times a day, they will not hatch successfully. Those that did go all the way had deformed feet. We finally decided it was not worth trying to hatch in the summer.

The eggs seem alright to eat as long as the shell is not broken. When you do the float test, the sinkers are alright to eat fried, but the floaters better be used for baking. Crack the eggs into a cup and look at them before you throw them into the mix. If they really float real well, trash them.

Also, eggs we bought through the internet would not hatch successfully. Just sitting in the postal van must have been like sitting in an oven.

Rufus

 

[Dora'smom]

I say put them in the incubator, if you have one. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but is there the start of something veiny looking in the center, under the blob? My only experience is with the eggs that are under my current broody, but we find that sometimes gently rotating the egg gets you a better impression of what is in there. Sometimes most angles don't really show well enough. Give them a couple days in the incubator and recandle.

 

[woodmort]

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Not unless your temperatures are 99.5 with high humidity for 24/7. I'd use the float test and, if they sink, eat them. At least boil them as they'd probably peel easily. Of course once you use this test they probably wouldn't be good for hatching.

 

[crash0330]

Oh it is possible believe me! I had some chicks hatch this way, but the temperatures were in the upper 100.
Check out this threads
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=377997
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=367943