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

[gryeyes]

Brinsea incubators are rock steady with temps, and hold humidity well.

 

[chknmomma]

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We don't have them at our TJs either (north of you), but I figured a co-op would. We certainly have a few of those to try.

And someone said they found some at Wal-mart???? Craziness.

 

[Lostbody]

Has anyone had a hen go broody over non-fertile eggs, then just swaped them for store-bought fertile ones and let her hatch them?

 

[Inkheart]

So you are telling me that certain stores offer fertile eggs? And ya'll are getting chicks from these? Who knew?

 

[jettgirl24]

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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
We don't have them at our TJs either (north of you), but I figured a co-op would. We certainly have a few of those to try.

And someone said they found some at Wal-mart???? Craziness.

Good idea, I've got a Whole Foods and a PCC near me... I'll definitely try there. I'm finishing up my homemade bator this week and I could use some test eggs to throw in there! I'm a little hesitant though because I'm worried about finding homes for the babies... I don't have room to keep them right now

 

[HHandbasket]

Yep, I've seen them in Whole Foods, too.

Gryeyes recently hatched 3 little cuties from some Trader Joe eggs on New Year's Day. We got our first bator a few weeks ago and went right out and tried hatching grocery store eggs.... started out well, developed veins, then died and got STEEEENKY in the bator overnight! We have a larger bator now (hehehe how'd that happen?) and are going to try some grocery store eggs again in a few months.

 

[GardeNerd]

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I have another Trader Joes chick that hatched a little over a week ago by one of my broodies. She started on wooden eggs, and then when I was sure she was committed to her brooding, I gave her 3 TJ eggs to try to hatch. Only one egg started to develop out of the 3. I candled around day 5 to check.

The chick is a sweet little pullet. The mama is very proud and caring of her one little baby. Now I know she will probably take good care of expensive eggs when the time comes.

 

[gryeyes]

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Eggscellent!

I have four, now; I set another dozen a week after the first dozen, and one developed enough to hatch. I THINK I have 3 pullets and a roo. Right now they are called Eenie, Mimi, Mynie and Moe.

 

[Inkheart]

What type of chickens are you all getting from these hatches?

 

[gryeyes]

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Mine are little yeller chicks growing white feathers, so I'm guessing White Leghorns.