It's a question I often get asked on other hatching videos, will this work with refrigerated eggs? So I decided to make a video to find out. Having put the eggs into the fridge for 24 hours, let's see if they will hatch.
I currently have 6 eggs in an incubator that were in the coop for THREE weeks, during which time we had 2 snowstorms, quite a few below freezing days, many cold rainy days, and a couple of 50°F days (crazy Ohio weather!) The eggs have been in the incubator for 14 days, and so far, so good. The eggs are from my best layer, a white Rhode Island Red, and a Barred Rock cockerel that was only 13 weeks when we got rid of him (our city ordinance bans roosters😢). Amazing that these eggs were even fertile at all considering how young and inexperienced the roo was, and add to that the fact that these eggs sat for 3 weeks in refrigerator-like conditions. Four days until lockdown, then approximately 3 more days until i can say for certain that they hatched. Fingers crossed! 🙏🏼🐔🐣🐥🐤🐣🐤🐥
I've hatch refrigerated quail eggs many times. This is how I store my quail eggs in the fridge until I have enough to fill my incubator, which is about 10 days
Great video, but I think you should also make clear that most supermarket eggs in the US come from commerial egg producers, the hens have never even seen a cockerel, never mind had any eggs fertilized by them. A necessary step, so refridgeration will be the least of the problems they might encounter! Yes, this seems obvious, but judging by the number of conversations I've had with vegetarians who believe that eating eggs automatically means a potential chicken life lost, it doesn't seem to be common knowledge.
You’re giving me hope bc I’m going to have to add a few of my refrigerated eggs from my hens to the incubator with the ones I’ve stored correctly. I just want to see if I can manage it also. 😅
Thats so cute, it's moving!! I eat free range eggs so i always put a flashlight 🔦 on the eggs before I eat them. I looked up this subject incase I find one that had life, I can incubate it and give to to a farm!!
You can have eggs that have been in the frigerator for up to 3 days but you'll just get less males a lot of breeders actually do this to wean out I actually do it myself I have 4 incubators going
Thanks for the comment! Trying to decide if I can incubate the eggs I got from my only blue layer, but I had already put three in the fridge. Just waiting to get a few more eggs from her and then I’m going to try! All the chicks will be from one hen, a brown gold EE and a Cochin rooster
Do you recall the sex of all the chicks? Just curious as some say if you refrigerate eggs, the roosters don’t survive but hens do. I’m not sure how long they suggest. I did see one woman post a blog that her hens’ eggs were frozen for months and 8/12 hatched. I keep thinking it must be like a seed right? What goes in the fridge isn’t “alive” per se, but moreso “dormant”, waiting for the right temperature in order to “activate”. Would love to know if the refrigeration helps remove Roos from the mix, so many end up with unfortunate fates 😔
I got my incubator in today my little egg been in a gallon pickle jar under a 60 watt incondesant bulb for 6 day's. Nothing better than thinking on it feet when a niegbor gives you a egg to hatch. From there backyard hen it has progressed normal in that jar.
Tell me if I'm wrong but this guy sounds exactly like the youtuber DJ audits 🤷♀️. Also is this upload aimed at 3 year olds? because he's talking like either we're stupid or he's auditioning for a part on cbeebies
I have no idea who DJ audits is, so deffo not me 👍 I make these videos for those who know what they are doing, and those who have no idea. So whilst I might explain everything, remember, some people are hatching for the first time.
@@AnnoyDad sorry nothing malicious intended. When I've just read back i sounded harsh. Text does that, I was only talking in jest. Keep up the good work. And I bet your hatching rate outweighs mine anyway, so I'll just shut up 🤣🤣. Great work 💯
As an experiment, yoinked some eggs from walmart, got a brand where the chickens can free roam. These were refrigerated but not for very long I suppose. Got one that didn’t look very promising on incubation day three, broke it open to see if there was even a fetus, yes there was. There was a damn chicken fetus(also when i meant by fetus, i mean like a tiny little red dot with a few visible features, not an actual baby chicken💀) i had accidentally aborted. If that ain’t proof to me so far- oof.
Yes! But first I need to go to one. The previous one I went to (my 'local' one, about 90mins away) has shut down. There is another one about 2.5 hours away that has an auction in September, and if there is anything of interest, I'll be going :)
