Refrigerated egg still develops even after a week in the cooler

[RoosterHuggerLiz]

One of my hens went broody without any eggs on her nest and I felt bad so I gave her two of her eggs that I had collected and started refrigerating a week prior and believe it or not one of the two looks like it's actually developing! It's got veins and even a small embryo moving around inside of it. And if that isn't a miracle I don't know what is!!


There won't be anything wrong with the refrigerated chicks will there?

 

[sourland]

The chicks should be fine. There are many instances on site about folks hatching commercially produced refrigerated eggs.

 

[N F C]

Hope you'll keep us posted on your refrigerated egg!

 

[RoosterHuggerLiz]

The chicks should be fine. There are many instances on site about folks hatching commercially produced refrigerated eggs.

I've actually always wanted to try hatching a commercial egg but where I live there are only caged hens so there's no way they'd be fertile

 

[RoosterHuggerLiz]

This was from they day I posted the tread, after day three or four I won't handle the eggs anymore and leave it all up to Mama