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

[ozexpat]

I didnt want to comment as to not jinx myself and my $2.99 tj eggs. I live in Vegas and they are sold at every tj to my knowledge. I just bought a bator and wanted to do a test run so thought "Hey what the hell, Ill give them a go. I used the julian calendar and the eggs were only 4 days old so I popped them in the bator. Today is day 23 and Ive had 3 hatch. One got his leg and head wrapped around the yolk cord and somewhere lost his egg tooth so by the time I decided to do the "don't help them out" I realized he would have never gotten out. He was beginning to shrink wrap and it was beginning to pull away from the shell. For now he is doing ok.

I posted in the Oct hatch a long but I think the idea of incubating tj eggs was a waste of time for most and I didnt get any response at all. Thats ok though, I still think its a great way to learn what your bator can do and what you need to do to have a successful hatch with eggs that will cost a bit more. I would do it again. Yay tj!

Barb

I have never seen 4 day old TJ eggs but they are great training eggs

 

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The ones you have seen were older?

 

[ozexpat]

The ones you have seen were older?

the last tj eggs i hatched were 18 days old

 

[bhaugh]

the last tj eggs i hatched were 18 days old

I must have gotten lucky then. The Tj near my house was sold out so I had to go to a different one. Just too excited not to try and get them.

 

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I will have 3 chicks to place in about 2 weeks if anyone is interested. I think I have 2 pullets and a roo but Im not too good at sexing so it's a guess on my part. I'm in Vegas and the 3 chicks with medicated feed (7lbs as of today so whatever I have in two weeks) and the 3 chicks I'm asking $15.00.

No shipping.

Barb

 

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My chicks are a week old and ready to place. Here is a pic

 

[carriebain]

This would be fun!

 

[Nickeechickee]

Ok, so I want to try these with a broody hen. I haven't had time to go through the 129 pages of posts yet, but has anyone had luck with that? Do I look for something special or just pick up a dozen eggs from my closest TJs?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

the eggs i hatched from tjs were 18 days old. 14/24 hatched

That's amazing!!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Ok, so I want to try these with a broody hen. I haven't had time to go through the 129 pages of posts yet, but has anyone had luck with that? Do I look for something special or just pick up a dozen eggs from my closest TJs?

The carton has to say "fertile eggs". TJs by me doesn't carry them.