Will cold temps make a fertile eggs show clear?

[Yard Farmer]

No, I’m just try to figure out how it’s possible that these eggs were clear when I thought he was covering everyone. I’m telling myself those particular eggs might have stayed in the coop overnight on one of the colder nights, killing the embryo. I’ve never had a clear egg from this flock, so trying to figure it out. They were collected the last four days before I started the incubator, so they were pretty fresh, and I had collected eggs five days before these, and they are developing.

Another thing could be the hen could've rejected the sperm.
I've had something similar happen to me. In one egg, nothing developed, and in another egg from the same her was developing. So it could be many thing's.

 

[LandoB123]

No, I’m just try to figure out how it’s possible that these eggs were clear when I thought he was covering everyone. I’m telling myself those particular eggs might have stayed in the coop overnight on one of the colder nights, killing the embryo. I’ve never had a clear egg from this flock, so trying to figure it out. They were collected the last four days before I started the incubator, so they were pretty fresh, and I had collected eggs five days before these, and they are developing.

Were all of your eggs bad that sat out through the colder temps?

I found a nest of some of my free range hens that I know sat out through a night or two of freezing temps before I found them.

They should be fertile and are in the incubator now but only on day 2. Still wondering if any will be good or if the cold weather would have hurt them.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Ok, so to call it clear is not to say it was infertile, necessarily. I just wanted to leave the door open for my roo before I throw him in the pot! Totally kidding, he’s a good boy

I thought Sussex was pretty clear on this but I'll try. If it did not develop it will be clear. It might not develop because it was not fertile or it might not develop because the embryo died before it started developing. An egg being clear does not show why it is clear, just that it is clear.

In a fertile egg the embryo is alive when the egg is laid. Different things can kill that embryo before it starts to develop. Freezing is one of those things. From your story it is most likely that freezing killed the embryo. It almost certainly had nothing to do with the rooster.

 

[Yard Farmer]

I thought Sussex was pretty clear on this but I'll try. If it did not develop it will be clear. It might not develop because it was not fertile or it might not develop because the embryo died before it started developing. An egg being clear does not show why it is clear, just that it is clear.

In a fertile egg the embryo is alive when the egg is laid. Different things can kill that embryo before it starts to develop. Freezing is one of those things. From your story it is most likely that freezing killed the embryo. It almost certainly had nothing to do with the rooster.

I 2nd this!

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Were all of your eggs bad that sat out through the colder temps?

I found a nest of some of my free range hens that I know sat out through a night or two of freezing temps before I found them.

They should be fertile and are in the incubator now but only on day 2. Still wondering if any will be good or if the cold weather would have hurt them.

I’m just guessing that was the issue because I haven’t had any eggs from that flock that weren’t fertile.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

I thought Sussex was pretty clear on this but I'll try. If it did not develop it will be clear. It might not develop because it was not fertile or it might not develop because the embryo died before it started developing. An egg being clear does not show why it is clear, just that it is clear.

In a fertile egg the embryo is alive when the egg is laid. Different things can kill that embryo before it starts to develop. Freezing is one of those things. From your story it is most likely that freezing killed the embryo. It almost certainly had nothing to do with the rooster.

I love all this info, thank you! There are so many things it could be, I will find out next time I set eggs . I sell my hatching eggs, so I didn’t want them going out if there was a chance they weren’t fertile.

 

[Yard Farmer]

I sell my hatching eggs,

You do?! Do you ship them?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

You do?! Do you ship them?

I just shipped my first eggs yesterday! I’m so hopeful they make it in one piece and hatch

 

[Yard Farmer]

I just shipped my first eggs yesterday! I’m so hopeful they make it in one piece and hatch

Awesome, congrats!
I may be interested in buying some eggs from you at some point in the future.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Awesome, congrats!
I may be interested in buying some eggs from you at some point in the future.

Sure! I’ll let you know how they ones I just shipped fare. They were going all the way to Pennsylvania from New Mexico, so