Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

[Kaylish]

ok so we are headed to tj and whole foods as i type, problem is i dont know how to read julian dates to know which eggs are the freshest. can anyone help me out quickly? i also have saw people saying not all trader joes sell fertile eggs, so i hope the one in rochester hills, mi does. if not there are more close by lol.

Well you're in luck, Julien date is the day of the year. So Jan 1 is 001, Jan 2 is 002, etc. Today is Jan 24 so the Julien would be 024. At TJs the fertile eggs have green label and are clearly marked . also it doesn't hurt to ask if they have something fresher in back.

 

[Birdmanfrom]

I did not realize store eggs were viable

 

[misfitmorgan]

thank you both so very much, i will let you know how it goes.

 

[misfitmorgan]

no fertile eggs at tj in rochester hills, mi......wf has them but the date is jan 12th

going to check other stores

 

[OnlyOrps]

What a fun thread! My mister is making me an incubator and I think I will try this to test it out so I don't use eggspensive eggs

 

[ronott1]

What a fun thread! My mister is making me an incubator and I think I will try this to test it out so I don't use eggspensive eggs

It is a lot of fun!

 

[misfitmorgan]

wf in troy has the same distributor and eggs are from jan 12th there too
9 more tj and wf to check.

 

[oldrooster]

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In stead of MM/DD/YY it is based on the 365 days in a year Christmas having 6 days left in the year past it would be figured like this 365-6=299 today is day 24 or 024.

 

[misfitmorgan]

ok so today i learned tj in michigan do not carry fertile eggs. WF does carry fertile eggs.

the date on whole foods eggs was 1/12
we got 3 Dozen

we also got 3 Dozen free range organic brown eggs, cracked 2 open they are fertile even though the carton does not say they are.

so in 22 Days we will know if 12 Day old fertile branded eggs will hatch and if the non marked free range eggs will hatch. The free range eggs were from 1/21.

 

[ronott1]

ok so today i learned tj in michigan do not carry fertile eggs. WF does carry fertile eggs.

the date on whole foods eggs was 1/12
we got 3 Dozen

we also got 3 Dozen free range organic brown eggs, cracked 2 open they are fertile even though the carton does not say they are.

so in 22 Days we will know if 12 Day old fertile branded eggs will hatch and if the non marked free range eggs will hatch. The free range eggs were from 1/21.

I will be watching this!