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

[Madcap621]

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Not just the coasts! I live in TN on the KY border. I like to shop at a little Amish Market where I USED to get brown free-range eggs [now my 'girls keep me and 2+ other households in eggs

] Anyhow, I asked if there were roosters with the flock .......... the grocer didn't know but the eggs came from a flock just 2 miles down the road! I went there and asked ................ Yup! roosters

Not a great ratio, about 1 roo to 50 hens so I didn't have high expectations. The young man gathered me 2 dozen fresh that day, never washed, never refrigerated, just candled for cracks. I brought them home, stuck the dozen 5 day old washed and refrigeated ones from the market in one bater [hatched 3]

and the 2 dozen fresh ones in the other [ hatched 15]

Check local farmer's markets, etc and wen you find your brown eggs, ask about roosters [or look for the 'bulls eye' on the yolk before you cook them. Good Luck!

 

[jettgirl24]

Has anyone found fertile eggs at a TJ's in Washington state? I've looked at a couple of the ones near my house but no luck yet

 

[lxlzbaca]

We are going to give the TJ eggs a try. We built an incubator & want to do a test run. I called our TJs & they have them. It is going to be an exciting learning experience for us!

 

[HHandbasket]

Well we went the other night down to the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op and were perusing the egg section and found fertilized brown eggs. These eggs are HUGE. We came home, picked the best three, and yes, they are in our little 3-egg bator. They've been there for 3 days & we'll do our first candling tomorrow. I'll subscribe to this thread so I can post pics if any of them hatch. Wouldn't that just be a hoot if they did?

I cannot help but wonder what kind of chickens laid them. They are different shades of brown, but they are very large eggs, almost 3 ounces each. So we are hoping they'll hatch and we can find out what kind of mystery chickens they are.

 

[gryeyes]

Uh oh. Got any left of that dozen? Did you Buy a dozen? Where is that store.... brown fertile eggsperiment!

 

[HHandbasket]

Sure, we have plenty left, I think 7 or 8. I would be more than happy to bring them to you. The store is in midtown Sacramento on S street, between 30th and Alhambra.

 

[gryeyes]

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Didja rummage through the egg cartons to get the one with the freshest date?

Now I am in a tizzy. LOL

A mild one, but a tizzy nonetheless.

 

[HHandbasket]

Hehehe. They all had the same date... yep, we did dig! I'm not sure how fresh they are, but we figure if nothing hatches, we're only out $3.

 

[gryeyes]

Well, if they hatch, and you get any pullets, you know they'll be good layers! Good luck!

 

[Liamm_1]

I stopped by the most convenient TJ's in Concord today. They told me they have had them, but stopped selling them, they were not a great seller. They did not know if or when they would have them again, but they did call another TJ's in town and they had some in stock

I don't have an incubator, but I'm thinking I'd like to try this. Great timing too, since my son has a science fair project due next mont, so I'm thinking this would be cool.
Any advice on incubators? I get that some have turners, some don't. Is that really necessary?