Urban Myth or really happened???

[violetsky]

A long time ago I heard a story about a family who lived in an apartment in the city that
noticed a pigeon trying to nest outside their window. They got an egg from the
fridge and put it in the nest. One day they looked outside and were astonished to see
a live chick in the nest. Is this story still circulating?

 

[Razadia]

Unless it was a free range egg that never got cold, that can't happen. Store bought eggs aren't fertile. As for a pigeon hatching a chicken egg... I have no idea.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

People hatch store eggs all the time. Most are not fertile but some are.

 

[Fred's Hens]

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Legends are funny things. However, you've read about the folks here at BYC who are hatching eggs from Joe's market and places like that, which indeed are cold eggs and fertile as well?

 

[Razadia]

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Isn't it only free range store bought though? I could have sworn that the run of the mill white ones were infertile.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Here read this thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=290845

 

[TinkleTurkey]

Unless it was a bantam chicken egg, I doubt a pigeon would be able to incubate it. Probably not something you'd have sitting around your fridge if you live in an apartment.

I've hatched eggs after they've been a couple days in the fridge though

 

[Razadia]

Now that doesn't seem to surprise me.. I was talking about the "mass produced" (if you can call it that) eggs from a normal grocery store. In all honesty I've never set foot in an organics store.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I have seen fertile eggs at walmart before. I have hatched a few egg from a small local store that were not marked fertile too.

 

[violetsky]

I would have thought it a one in a million chance. Next time I incubate I'm going to get
grocery store eggs and try one.