Refrigerated eggs under broody? read please?

[happyhens44]

yesterday I got 7 fertilized eggs from my coop and I put them in the frig, but I have a for sure broody, could I put them under her or are they no good now?

 

[Deanner03]

Most will tell you no. I got 18 Dominique eggs from my aunt...out of her fridge (she'd forgotten). Of those, 15 hatched in the incubator.

 

[happyhens44]

My broody has about 7 eggs under her now but I want atleast 5 more under her.

 

[HHandbasket]

I agree that most people will tell you no, but ... that being said... you will also find a lot of people on here who buy fertilized eggs in the refrigerated egg section at Trader Joe's and bring them home and hatch them, oftentimes getting a fairly decent hatch rate (and whatever breed hatches is always a big surprise).

It's probably not ideal, but if you want, you could try it. Worst thing that would happen is it won't hatch.

 

[happyhens44]

well if I wait tel tommrrow morning ill have more "just layed eggs" I could put under her, she has 7 today, would it be ok if I put 5 under her tommrrow or is it to much of a difference in the timeings

 

[debilorrah]

Sounds like they were not in there for long, and considering the time ofyear and that fact that eggs from a coop whose weather is in the 20's are hatching, I say you have no problem.

 

[gryeyes]

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Ditto.

 

[happyhens44]

ok. Today, I diddent even let most of the eggs hit the cold air

because as soon as one of my hens got off the egg I took it and gave it to my broody heehee

 

[HHandbasket]

You will have to keep us posted and let us know how it goes! Take pics if you can. I love seeing pics of broody mamas ... they are so fluffy when they're broody.

 

[Baralak]

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