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

[gimmie birdies]

if the contents in your egg sloshes around like in a water bottle then your egg is not developing.

 

[caesargirl]

How long do you let your eggs sit befor incubating??

 

[ronott1]

How long do you let your eggs sit befor incubating??

Trader Joes eggs do not get jarred too much in shipping so I wait until the eggs are at room temperature.

 

[caesargirl]

Trader Joes eggs do not get jarred too much in shipping so I wait until the eggs are at room temperature.

I'm not using TJ eggs. Local convenience store has some local duck eggs... I know they have ducks and drakes free ranging together,so, giving it a try!! Bought them yesterday, (gathered in the last 3 days) I let them sit out overnight. I'll set em tonight!

 

[ronott1]

I'm not using TJ eggs. Local convenience store has some local duck eggs... I know they have ducks and drakes free ranging together,so, giving it a try!! Bought them yesterday, (gathered in the last 3 days) I let them sit out overnight. I'll set em tonight!

You do not need to rest local eggs--age is more important for a good hatch rate. The older the egg, the less likely it is to hatch.

Set them as soon as they are at room temperature.

 

[robgray]

How long do you let your eggs sit befor incubating??

If they are not shipped then just wait until room temperature...a couple of hours and then set. Good luck with your hatch

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I've got three Rockland ferile egg chicks (all yellow with black spots). I gave my broody six. One got cracked, two were clears, and the remaining three all hatched including the one that seemed "sloshier" than the others.

 

[robgray]

I've got three Rockland ferile egg chicks (all yellow with black spots). I gave my broody six. One got cracked, two were clears, and the remaining three all hatched including the one that seemed "sloshier" than the others.

Congratulations! Not bad for a sloshier egg too! Sometimes you find there is no way, but always if you are not 100% it's better to wait and see. I did that once with an incubated egg and there was a live chick inside ugh. Haunts me to this day.
Enjoy your babies.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Day old Rockland peepers out and about with mom.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Recently a grocery store near where I live has begun to sell fertile eggs.
If you get a dozen eggs, how many do you expect to hatch? Most of them? Half? Just a few?