nutterly_uts Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Today i bought a dozen eggs from marks and spencer, and I plan to try to hatch them I have heard M+S have a decent hatch rate from "shop eggs" so I thought I'd give it a go. I will post updates here, so keep an eye out if you're interested. Day 0 Eggs left to rest, incubator turned on. Box one http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0box1.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0eggs1.jpg Box two http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0box2.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0eggs2.jpg Incubator http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0incubator.jpg http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/MSeggsday0inside.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Brave. You are living up to your name. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I read somewhere that eggs produced for the supermarket were not allowed to be fertile...maybe what I read was rubbish, but it looked like some sort of official site ( from U.K). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 They aren't supposed to be, but occasionally rogue males sneak in (or males pretend to be female like my silkie...) I'm not expecting much from these, but as its been done, I thought I'd give it a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Oooh! I like the idea of rogue males sneaking in! Good luck. I will watch with interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Eggs went into the incubator at 12.30pm Next wednesday is day 10, so will candle then, but I won't discard any til day 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Have you got a plan for any cockerels you hatch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 they'll be dinner like the last lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia7455 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I have an elderly aunt who when I did some shopping for once, which included eggs from Sainsbury's said that she hadn't bought eggs for a while and the reason was, although she would not go into details, that she had got her last lot from Marks and Spencers and she got a shock when she tried to boil one. I got the impression that there was something unexpected in that egg,possibly it was about to hatch, and at any rate she was so shocked she immediately threw whatever it was away. Would an unhatched chick make a noise in the shell? She said there was a terrible, loud noise and would not tell me any more. I always thought that shop bought eggs were infertile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZAROO Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Oooh! I like the idea of rogue males sneaking in! Good luck. I will watch with interest! And all because the ladies love milk tray springs to mind!!!!! I have before hatched free range; free range eggs..... but who'd have thought it from M+s!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Cockell Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 well I shall watch this space........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Brave. You are living up to your name. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 I decided to take a look to see with the candler, and I think that they're all dud, but I won't hoik em out til day 14, so another week, just in case. They all looked quite porous like my light sussex eggs that didn't hatch did, but time will tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
