Supermarket eggs? Can they hatch?

[EggHatcherr]

I am incubating 4 supermarket eggs from Whole Foods. I will be updating and updating a lot! Since I posted this late, it is day 3 and the eggs yolk are a bit dark. I have brown and white eggs, the brown eggs are very hard to see through while the white eggs are easy to see through. I will be updating!!

 

[wynn4578]

Except Trader Joe's most supermarket eggs are infertile because there has never been a rooster with them.

 

[wynn4578]

Update. My wife told me Whole Foods sells fertilized eggs as well. Guess the package says 'fertilized on it'?

 

[PD-Riverman]

I am incubating 4 supermarket eggs from Whole Foods. I will be updating and updating a lot! Since I posted this late, it is day 3 and the eggs yolk are a bit dark. I have brown and white eggs, the brown eggs are very hard to see through while the white eggs are easy to see through. I will be updating!!

Sure if they are fresh and fertile, Some are, Most are not---most "hen" houses do not want roosters in their flock and ALOT of egg buyers do not want fertile eggs. But as I can tell from your post---You want to PLAY. I personally would go get some farm fresh eggs from the man down the road, that has the roosters with his hens---you will stand a lot better chance.

 

[EggHatcherr]

Thanks guys, im just doing for fun and as an experiment! But if it does hatch, that'd be nice!

 

[21hens-incharge]

Were they refrigerated?
I think the chances are very very low given processing time and that they were likely refrigerated at some point.

 

[wynn4578]

Thanks guys, im just doing for fun and as an experiment! But if it does hatch, that'd be nice!

Keep us updated on their development. It'll be interesting to see if/how many hatch.

 

[21hens-incharge]

And what breeds they may end up being.

That could be a fun guessing game!

 

[wynn4578]

My guess for the white - leghorn
For the brown - ??? Some sort of specialty cross.

 

[PD-Riverman]

My guess for the white - leghorn
For the brown - ??? Some sort of specialty cross.

I agree with the white!!

Brown would stand a Good Chance of being mixed with some form of red sex-link is my guess.