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

[Peep_Show]

Time for pics!

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Sydney13:

Not any ol' eggs will hatch. They need to be marked "Fertile" on the box. And then your hatch viability is dependent upon egg handling, refrigeration time, shell integrity and a host of other factors that make hatching TJ eggs a challenge. Sometimes random "free range" eggs have a roo out there, but you do not know until you crack an egg or two to check for the embryonic bullseye.

 

[sequoiacyclist]

Definitely time for more pics. I just candled my store-bought eggs and found 9 developing 1 quitter and 2 not fertile. I would say that is pretty good for store bought eggs. They are due to hatch on 5/19 so I will keep everyone updated.

 

[IwannaBEaMERMAID]

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Do you mean 7/19 or 6/16...because if they were supposed to hatch on 5/19... I'm 99.9% sure they are no gonna hatch

 

[sequoiacyclist]

6/19 Thank you for correcting me.

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

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0-hatch from my first attempt of TJ's fertile eggs. I thought I saw a fresher batch of eggs on May 27 when I was at the local Trader Joe's. So here I go again. Due hatch is on June 17 with barnyard mix eggs. I put six each in the incubator (also with Barnyard mix) and under broody hen. I candled last night and it looks like 10 eggs are viable from the TJ's bunch (white eggs) and a total of 10 also from the BYmix.

These eggs are under my broody hen (white ones are TJ's browns are BYmix). The others are in the bator.

 

[sequoiacyclist]

Oh good luck Cook! Have you candled any of them yet?

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

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Yes I did tonight. It looks like all are quitters except one. I will leave them in there until day17. Hopefully the ones under my broody hens are still viable. I will candle again on day 17.

 

[feardom992]

I bought a dozen of fertile eggs from Safeway and set 8 just now. (tested 2 for fertility and 2 were weird)

 

[sequoiacyclist]

Feardom, where did the eggs come from? I am thinking that different egg producers have different roo to hen ratios. The TJ eggs seem to have a bad fertility ratio, but the Rock Island Eggs I set were great with 10/12 fertile.

 

[msheets]

I just picked up a dozen eggs from a farmer's market that was setup outside my local park. The package says they are from 6-6, so 4 days old & they're from a farm about 5 miles from me. They had the eggs in a mini fridge outside & they were pretty cold, is there any chance they'll hatch after being in a fridge? I know TJ's or any grocery store has their's refridgerated so I'm guessing there's a chance? They are very large, probably jumbo, brown eggs from free ranged hens that do run with roosters.