The Fertile eggs were white but I bought some that showed a hen and a rooster on the carton and they were cage free. I forgot the name of them. These had a better date on them than the Fertile eggs which was 3 weeks or so old.
Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member
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Went into lockdown with 15 viable TJ's eggs. 3 chicks are out, 3 more are pipped, and I'm early in day 22 right now, hoping to see more pips soon
I set 23 TJ eggs yesterday morning.
Took me 2 1/2 hours to read this thread, so I could see if anyone mentioned what I've always thought.
I hatched my first eggs at age 12. They were regular eggs from Safeway near our house. I needed a science project so decided to try to hatch some eggs. Begged 3 from my mom, put them in a shoe box (open), set them on top of cotton and used my table lamp by my bed. Two hatched. I got 2nd place in the state for my project. This was a looooong time ago. I was talking to some other people about trouble I was having with my hatches and about my Safeway eggs and we all agreed hatching was easier or seemed to be, years ago. The fact that those eggs were fertile creeped my mom out. Don't know why, because she grew up on fertile eggs.
Over the years I thought about how those eggs could have hatched.
At 12 I was also starting to show dogs and I raised and showed for decades. Might even do it again someday. I bred to top dogs and once in a while I had to go AI. The sperm is frozen. I never had an AI breeding that didn't take. Most of them produced larger litters.
Then they started freezing human embryos. Those take, depending on the incubator. So if a woman's body doesn't reject them or something isn't going on for them to not take, no baby.
Same thing with a refrigerated egg. It's kept cold enough to keep from incubating, but under the right circumstances you get them to hatch.
OK that's always been my theory, so just thought I'd share it. Then again maybe I made no since. Nothing new.
So I have 23 eggs because I was trying to get the last egg out and it was stuffed into the carton and my finger nail cracked it. I figure if the shell is that thin, they should hatch better than a Marans egg.
I guess growing up a couple of blocks from Berkeley, I always find it funny that people are shocked at fertile eggs being offered for consumption. I've seen them everywhere. I used to joke about trying to hatch them, but haven't tried till now. I spent a small fortune last year on a lot of non hatches from shipping eggs. I've almost got what I want now and my pullets are starting to lay (only 2 and 1 egg each, so far) so I'll be hatching from my own birds soon.
I figure I spent $5.54 on 24 eggs, that if they hatch, will go into the layer pen or I can sell them for feed money. Now if I can find brown eggs nearby I'll be a happy camper.
Took me 2 1/2 hours to read this thread, so I could see if anyone mentioned what I've always thought.
I hatched my first eggs at age 12. They were regular eggs from Safeway near our house. I needed a science project so decided to try to hatch some eggs. Begged 3 from my mom, put them in a shoe box (open), set them on top of cotton and used my table lamp by my bed. Two hatched. I got 2nd place in the state for my project. This was a looooong time ago. I was talking to some other people about trouble I was having with my hatches and about my Safeway eggs and we all agreed hatching was easier or seemed to be, years ago. The fact that those eggs were fertile creeped my mom out. Don't know why, because she grew up on fertile eggs.
Over the years I thought about how those eggs could have hatched.
At 12 I was also starting to show dogs and I raised and showed for decades. Might even do it again someday. I bred to top dogs and once in a while I had to go AI. The sperm is frozen. I never had an AI breeding that didn't take. Most of them produced larger litters.
Then they started freezing human embryos. Those take, depending on the incubator. So if a woman's body doesn't reject them or something isn't going on for them to not take, no baby.
Same thing with a refrigerated egg. It's kept cold enough to keep from incubating, but under the right circumstances you get them to hatch.
OK that's always been my theory, so just thought I'd share it. Then again maybe I made no since. Nothing new.
So I have 23 eggs because I was trying to get the last egg out and it was stuffed into the carton and my finger nail cracked it. I figure if the shell is that thin, they should hatch better than a Marans egg.
I guess growing up a couple of blocks from Berkeley, I always find it funny that people are shocked at fertile eggs being offered for consumption. I've seen them everywhere. I used to joke about trying to hatch them, but haven't tried till now. I spent a small fortune last year on a lot of non hatches from shipping eggs. I've almost got what I want now and my pullets are starting to lay (only 2 and 1 egg each, so far) so I'll be hatching from my own birds soon.
I figure I spent $5.54 on 24 eggs, that if they hatch, will go into the layer pen or I can sell them for feed money. Now if I can find brown eggs nearby I'll be a happy camper.
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Great! I set 24 on 1/17, went into lockdown with 15 still good. Let's see what you get!
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I'm glad you got them to hatch.
Has your son been watching at all?
I have more eggs coming any day and I took up all the room with the TJ eggs. Started to work on the Sportsman and there's a huge black spider in there. Need to pull it out on the front porch tomorrow so I can spray it and then wipe it down before working on it. Neighbors are going to think I"m nuts. Probably a good thing around here. Keeps them walking on by.
Guess I'm going to bed. I hope you get a great hatch.
Post pics where they're all finished.
I'm glad you got them to hatch.
Has your son been watching at all?
I have more eggs coming any day and I took up all the room with the TJ eggs. Started to work on the Sportsman and there's a huge black spider in there. Need to pull it out on the front porch tomorrow so I can spray it and then wipe it down before working on it. Neighbors are going to think I"m nuts. Probably a good thing around here. Keeps them walking on by.
Guess I'm going to bed. I hope you get a great hatch.
Post pics where they're all finished.
Yes! He loves watching the chicks and seeing them hatch! It's a very amazing thing to see for the first time, for both of us!
So far out of 15 in lockdown, 6 chicks are out, and 5 more are pipped and trying to bust out. I'm right in the middle of day 22 now.
So far out of 15 in lockdown, 6 chicks are out, and 5 more are pipped and trying to bust out. I'm right in the middle of day 22 now.
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I have a question: my eggs were stamped "Enjoy by Feb 7". They did not hatch however until Feb 8 at the earliest. Am I entitled to a refund?
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Thats so cool that trader Joes sells hatching eggs! I had no idea. I have to go check mine out!
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