I'm American so most of our store bought eggs are refrigerated when you buy them and sometimes I forget that it's not a thing everywhere. I wasn't very clear, my bad. That said how the hell can an egg still be hatched after being refrigerated? I have never heard that before and when I incubate mine too much cold kills any chance of that egg hatching. Is there some kind of trick to it or something? That could really be helpful to know.
>That said how the hell can an egg still be hatched after being refrigerated?
Not sure how, but it works. Hatch rate will be greatly decreased, but I have done it before. Its better to store them at room temp though.
One big thing is that the eggs must be slowly warmed before putting them in the incubator, otherwise they get a ton of condensation on them which (in my experience) leads to high incidence of rotten egg explosions.
Slowly warmed makes a lot of sense. Because you said that I've spent the last half hour looking this shit up so thank you so much. Doesn't look like I'll be able to use any of this but I did end uo learning more so I'm grateful
I think there are some eggs you can hatch! I’ve heard of people doing it. They’re a certain brand from a certain store. Not Walmart or anything. Let me go see if I can figure out which…
[Found it!](https://youtu.be/SHJ7mamqC9c?feature=shared) It’s Trader Joe’s brand.
I've hatched duck eggs that I had in the fridge for over a week and were stored fat side down. I wasn't expecting to hatch them but a coyote took a hen and I wanted to preserve her genetics. Every one of them hatched.
Yeah I haven't tried with a chicken egg but I think as long as the eggs haven't started to develop it's ok to keep them cold, once they start to develop getting cold will kill them.
I know! Don't they wash the eggs prior, washing thr bloom off. Araucanas are tailess, and I see a bit of a tail....It's too early to tell, but that little tail is going down, so I would guess hen.
People near me do it for fun; they get cheap eggs from the store and toss them in an incubator. They’ve gotten 1-2 in a last few years so it’s no common but possible
The biggest problem isn't the temp, it's that most commercial egg farms don't keep roosters. This is probably from a smaller, free-range farm. Either that, or they just do things differently in the UK.
Possibly but its from.Tesco one of our biggest supermarkets that all have them on the shelves.
I did read about the company that farms them though and they are free range with and include roosters.
Most supermarket eggs in the UK are free-range. I've only ever seen eggs from cage-raised hens once.
These are likely the ones that OP bought: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/277393000. In the UK, you can buy normal eggs from free-range hens that don't specify the breed, or you can buy more expensive eggs that are from a specific breed, like these.
If you look here (https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries/fresh\_and\_chilled/milk\_butter\_and\_eggs/free\_range\_eggs) you'll see what I mean. There are Burford Brown eggs, Old Cotswold Legbars, Traditional Leghorn Whites, etc.
And we don't refrigerate eggs here.
According to Tesco "x" account: "Blue eggs come from specially bred *Bluebell Araucana* hens and they have brighter yolks than other eggs." So bluebell doesn't seem to be a brand but a type of chicken. My guess is that this is a way of describing an Araucana hybrid. If that is the case, your little roo went back to his non-araucana roots.
A further dive showed that there is a hybid called the "Prairie Bluebell Egger" which is a cross between an araucana and a white leghorn. This is not likely the same as the "Bluebell Araucana" (since your little fella has so much black in him, unless of course he keept a bit of the Araucana DNA), but it may be a similar hybrid. Does this look like one of the leghorns to anyone? Maybe a Exchequer Leghorn?
How interesting! I know the UK Araucana is slightly different than the US one but he doesn’t have any of the traits associated with them, so despite the name they must not be using pure Araucana for their eggs. Be interesting to see what he looks like as an adult.
Splash mutt that didn’t keep green legs or muff/ear tufts. If it hatched from a blue egg it’s probably the rr of the gene pool carrying all recessive Easter Egger genes. Usually blue egg layers have a Mohawk, ear muffs or beard, or green feet.
There's some douche on YouTube that's made a whole lifestyle out of hatching supermarket eggs. It's all cutesy, but then there's never a followup as to what happens when they're not cute anymore...
Hopefuly if he isn't looking after them long term then he is finding them decent homes.
I've not seen this guy, I'll try have a look later. I have just seen the one.
Comb and wattles are giving me baby roo vibes for sure. Cutie either way!
And those huge feet.
Tail too. Pullets should have more pronounced tail feathers
What brand of eggs?
I am in the UK, was from Tesco. In a blue box, blue eggs.
I'm an idiot. I was baffled how the hell a refrigerated egg was hatched, then I remembered America is weird. Definitely confused me though
You can keep eggs refrigerated for a few weeks and still hatch them, but eggs are already a few weeks old before they get to the store.
I'm American so most of our store bought eggs are refrigerated when you buy them and sometimes I forget that it's not a thing everywhere. I wasn't very clear, my bad. That said how the hell can an egg still be hatched after being refrigerated? I have never heard that before and when I incubate mine too much cold kills any chance of that egg hatching. Is there some kind of trick to it or something? That could really be helpful to know.
>That said how the hell can an egg still be hatched after being refrigerated? Not sure how, but it works. Hatch rate will be greatly decreased, but I have done it before. Its better to store them at room temp though. One big thing is that the eggs must be slowly warmed before putting them in the incubator, otherwise they get a ton of condensation on them which (in my experience) leads to high incidence of rotten egg explosions.
Slowly warmed makes a lot of sense. Because you said that I've spent the last half hour looking this shit up so thank you so much. Doesn't look like I'll be able to use any of this but I did end uo learning more so I'm grateful
I think there are some eggs you can hatch! I’ve heard of people doing it. They’re a certain brand from a certain store. Not Walmart or anything. Let me go see if I can figure out which… [Found it!](https://youtu.be/SHJ7mamqC9c?feature=shared) It’s Trader Joe’s brand.
In the states we wash our eggs which removes a protective lining. Could they still be hatched after that?
Maybe. I haven't tried washed eggs, just refrigerated unwashed.
it sounds like those eggs would have been exposed to all kind of germs
I've hatched duck eggs that I had in the fridge for over a week and were stored fat side down. I wasn't expecting to hatch them but a coyote took a hen and I wanted to preserve her genetics. Every one of them hatched.
That's really cool for you. I would imagine ducks eggs must be more cold hardy since most ducks live by water and chickens are from Mountainus Jungles
Yeah I haven't tried with a chicken egg but I think as long as the eggs haven't started to develop it's ok to keep them cold, once they start to develop getting cold will kill them.
I know! Don't they wash the eggs prior, washing thr bloom off. Araucanas are tailess, and I see a bit of a tail....It's too early to tell, but that little tail is going down, so I would guess hen.
I was more questioning the fact they sold breed specific eggs.
Most don't, but it was like the "Extra Special" range, blue eggs, they have a few you can get that name the breed but obviously hybrid.
i believe trader joe’s sells fertilized eggs. i’ve seen people hatch a few chicks out of them.
People near me do it for fun; they get cheap eggs from the store and toss them in an incubator. They’ve gotten 1-2 in a last few years so it’s no common but possible
cheap eggs? where??? I haven't seen affordable eggs in a store since before the pandemic
It’s like $4 for 18 where I’m at
Chicken eggs stay viable for a surprisingly long time, most likely to account for the time it takes to lay a decent clutch
Not unless your refrigerator is at like 60 degrees
The biggest problem isn't the temp, it's that most commercial egg farms don't keep roosters. This is probably from a smaller, free-range farm. Either that, or they just do things differently in the UK.
Possibly but its from.Tesco one of our biggest supermarkets that all have them on the shelves. I did read about the company that farms them though and they are free range with and include roosters.
Most supermarket eggs in the UK are free-range. I've only ever seen eggs from cage-raised hens once. These are likely the ones that OP bought: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/277393000. In the UK, you can buy normal eggs from free-range hens that don't specify the breed, or you can buy more expensive eggs that are from a specific breed, like these. If you look here (https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries/fresh\_and\_chilled/milk\_butter\_and\_eggs/free\_range\_eggs) you'll see what I mean. There are Burford Brown eggs, Old Cotswold Legbars, Traditional Leghorn Whites, etc. And we don't refrigerate eggs here.
That's the badger!
Wow that’s awesome, ive heard this a few times
I was so suprised when I candled her, she is our favourite chicken we have now haha our son names her Quintin haha
He <3
According to Tesco "x" account: "Blue eggs come from specially bred *Bluebell Araucana* hens and they have brighter yolks than other eggs." So bluebell doesn't seem to be a brand but a type of chicken. My guess is that this is a way of describing an Araucana hybrid. If that is the case, your little roo went back to his non-araucana roots. A further dive showed that there is a hybid called the "Prairie Bluebell Egger" which is a cross between an araucana and a white leghorn. This is not likely the same as the "Bluebell Araucana" (since your little fella has so much black in him, unless of course he keept a bit of the Araucana DNA), but it may be a similar hybrid. Does this look like one of the leghorns to anyone? Maybe a Exchequer Leghorn?
Right okay, thank you. Yeh he doesn't look like a breed I've seen before and is growing soo fast, looks like a little veloceraptor haha.
Thats not an araucana. Its all wrong for those, comb, body shape, leg/skin color. It will be a nice bird though.
Probably no Auraucana, but could be from an Araucana hybrid, going back to it's non-Auraucana roots.
Can confirm, have 2 Auracana's. This is probably a mix between an auracana and something else. Bird still won the lottery though.
How did you FIND OUT the egg was fertilised omg
There have been multiple people who had had luck hatching out chicks from Trader Joe's eggs
Just complete luck! Picked up a pack of 6 eggs and put them in the incubator. Candled after a week and one was fertile.
Are you gonna name him Tesco though
We planned on it but my son named our 2 hatched Buff Orpingtons "Tintin" & "Fintin" so naturally named this little fella Quintin haha
That's brilliant! Are you able to keep roosters in your flock?
Unfortunately no, if he turns out to be a rooster for certain then we will have to try find him a good home. But we all love him very much now haha.
Yeah, sorry to say that's a roo.
Ah nooo!!! Me and the wife are quite taken by him.... we will have to see how he gets on, he's so cool.
How interesting! I know the UK Araucana is slightly different than the US one but he doesn’t have any of the traits associated with them, so despite the name they must not be using pure Araucana for their eggs. Be interesting to see what he looks like as an adult.
Yeh, I think they use hybrids to increase the egg laying, ill post more pictures when he has matured.
Someone else mentioned a leghorn cross which would mean a much higher volume while still appearing blue. I wonder if that's the case.
So cute!
Aww you brought home a wee friend from the grocery store 🥰😂😀 cute!
He’s beautiful
Splash mutt that didn’t keep green legs or muff/ear tufts. If it hatched from a blue egg it’s probably the rr of the gene pool carrying all recessive Easter Egger genes. Usually blue egg layers have a Mohawk, ear muffs or beard, or green feet.
Looks like my easter egger "chuckles"...epic chicken! So much attitude.
This guy has so much attitude but he's so much fun!
Does this happen often or is it rare for a supermarket egg to hatch?
I'm not sure, it was my first try. I had seen a video of a guy on YT hatching duck eggs from the supermarket so I just gave it a go.
I'll have to check it out 😃 got a cute little chicken out of it though 😍
I really wanted to try duck ones but I don't have the space, we have hens in our garden and that's about all the space used up.
Haven't kept chickens for a while now Used to get delicious eggs from them 😋
That omellete needs more heat
Hahaha
There's some douche on YouTube that's made a whole lifestyle out of hatching supermarket eggs. It's all cutesy, but then there's never a followup as to what happens when they're not cute anymore...
Hopefuly if he isn't looking after them long term then he is finding them decent homes. I've not seen this guy, I'll try have a look later. I have just seen the one.
That is a gorgeous chicken!
Guessing that there was a roo in the mix of hens
They are free ranged and the company states they allow roos to free range with them.
That would explain the fertility,
New best friend alert
Beautiful!
Looks roo. Sorry.
She’s gorgeous!
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Uh oh
Sapphire splash?
This is why I’m vegan lol. What a beautiful surprise gift. Blessed!!
It really put me off shop bought eggs. We don't have roo's with our hens. Same with our quail. He is a little miracle.
Those eggs aren’t fertilized.
Things are different in the UK. Organic free range eggs can come from small farms that can have roosters. Also eggs do not need to be refrigerated
Haha then this was a miracle?