washed farmer's market eggs will they hatch?

[Zoomom]

Just wondering if I should bother to put them under my broody girl or use some older unwashed eggs (2 weeks old) or wait for fresher unwashed eggs....maybe next week.
Please help. I would really like to try to let her hatch something.

 

[alicefelldown]

2 weeks is a pretty long time. The next batch would be better.

Do you know if they are fertile though? Not all sellers keep roosters in their laying pens.

 

[Zoomom]

I'm not sure about these market eggs being fertile or not. I was thinking of cracking one to eat and see if I could see a bullseye spot. I just don't know when I'll be able to get more of the guaranteed fertile eggs from my friend.
Thank you for your help.

 

[cracking up]

I would try putting some under her. If they're white you should be able to candle and see something in six days. A lot of people wash their eggs and don't see any difference in the hatch rate.

 

[gmendoza]

Hey Zoomom,

I have just bought Food Lion Eggs today and I am waiting so they can come up to room temp before putting them into my incubator tomorrow.

Good luck to you and me I guess

 

[Zoomom]

Hi,
Well, I cracked one open and saw the bullseye thing (I think) so I put 5 under her and she accepted the switch from her glass eggs ok, so hopefully in 21 days i have something exciting to report.
The eggs are dark brown, so do you think I should be able to see anything in a week?
Thanks everyone.

Good luck gmendoza...hope yours hatch.

 

[Kedreeva]

Are they dark brown like this: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Marans/MaransEggs.JPEG

Because then those are probably going to be real tough to see anything through. The only way I knew anything was growing in my eggs was because I candled them before I put them in and then looked for any difference or darkness in them..... even then I was wrong!

 

[Gypsy07]

darn but those eggs are DARK! I have Marans and they don't lay eggs even HALF as dark as that!
How on earth could you candle those babies and expect to see anything? Must be near impossible!

 

[Kedreeva]

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LOL I dunno, those were just the first stock photo on google images I found to ask XD Mine looked like..... this!

They were still quite hard to see anything through, but my flashlight is amazing.