Has anyone ever tried to hatch grocery store eggs?

[Chicken Talez]

I was curious if anyone ever tried this? I'm probably going to order some fertile eggs online, but I was curious.

 

[TattooedChicks]

I follow someone on Instagram who hatched a chicken from a fertile Trader Joe’s store bought egg, but most of what you can find in an average supermarket will be infertile and several weeks old. The odds are not in your favor.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Finding someone local to you would increase your odds of a successful hatch tremendously.

You can find your states thread here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/where-am-i-where-are-you.26/

I am betting someone close to you can help. Plus you save all that shipping cost.

 

[Sophocles]

If you're not particular about the breed you want and are looking for an alternative to online orders, I agree with the above posters: any local contact will be far more reliable.

Most layers on farms never come close to a rooster (since there's no commercial reason to keep them in your flock) so most eggs will not be fertilised.

 

[staceyj]

There is a thread going on that has to do with hatching Trader Joe's eggs.
I'm sure a search will turn it up.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

My state you'll find fresh eggs sold almost everywhere- hardware stores, farm store, local grocery store. If anyone bothered to crack the ones I brought to the grocery store they'd have seen they were fertile.

You won't get the best hatch rates but if the eggs are fertile there's no reason not to incubate them after being refrigerated. There are several threads here on BYC about Trader Joe egg hatching.

 

[staceyj]

As far as freshness goes, eggs from Trader Joe's are much fresher than typical grocery chains since they put in orders each day for only 24-48 hrs worth of produce/fresh/frozen product.
They get a delivery each and every night.
They are known to be quite small stores and have very little back-stock area.
Check the 3 digit Julian date printed on the cartons to see for yourself.

 

[lazy gardener]

The carton will be labeled "fertile" if there is even a remote possibility that the eggs are fertile. Better results will be had if you buy from a local farm stand, and ask if there is a roo on premises. But, it's certainly worth setting fertile eggs from the grocer. I toy with the idea of setting some duck eggs, just because!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I am going to try store eggs, I have hatched store eggs before that say fertile. I am putting my own eggs in as well. I have candled and incubated, they look to have advanced I will find out in a few days. I am like the boy and the purple crayon, if I am told it cannot be done, I will still try myself. Thanks.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Wild harvest are not fertile, people said they would not be but they were guessing, now we know.