The "refrigerator egg" thread

[Chickie Momma]

NEWSFLASH: Chick hatched last night and is doing well from an egg that was refrigerated for over a week.

Its a nosey little thing and very fiesty. Defiant as well. Funny fact is that Helen is an EE and she hatched silkie eggs.
Helen is a natural momma

 

[subhanalah]

Hahaha! How ironic! So many people get a look of fear and disgust when I tell them that you can incubate refrigerated eggs!

 

[Chickie Momma]

There was a second egg that hatched that the RIR stepped on during hatching but it died. She stepped on the head. Stupid hen, had to lay her eggs in the nest that Helen was incubating in! So I moved Helen, surviving chick, and her eggs into the brooder in my living room. Today a third egg hatched with a little imbilical bleeding. That chick was a bit weak so I gave it a few drops of sugar water and its perking up now

 

[subhanalah]

Great news! I hope your remaining chick's and eggs do well for you!

 

[mortie]

I am going to candle my fridge eggs tonight when it gets dark to see what I can see. We'll be in the middle of day 4 by then.

 

[Chickie Momma]

Progress report: My chicks are absolutely fine you can't tell them apart. One is a refrig egg the other isn't. They are active and adorable!! Currently they are feathering out at 3 weeks of age.

 

[mortie]

8 out of nine that were fertile hatched.

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

I have hatched a few refrigerator chicks--does not seem to be a problem.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Mystery eggs from 2 diff farms and one set a week in.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I put them under a hen when the fires came and we lost power. the hen was not broody, but was in nest to lay, when I gave her 12 eggs she decided to stay. some hens still would lay when she would get off nest, I don't like to move them because I don't want them to stop being broody. I marked the eggs and removed any new ones. Well some hen came and ate 2 messed all the eggs, some eggs didn't make it I wiped them down and saved 2 from the week in eggs and 3 from the batch due the next week. the 2 are pipped today due tomorrow the rest next week. after the 2 pip out, I will put in these eggs

They came from a fridge of a health food store. they are local. the little one is mine- but I don't think the roo is up yet. that is why I bought these. they are warming in incubator.

I put them under a hen yesterday. and these from a diff. farm fridge today..diff hens.

oh and here's the hatchers...