Can baby chicks hatch after being in the refrigerator?

Answer 1

Viability of a FERTILIZED egg will drop if kept in the refrigerator for any length of time.

Cool about 50F (not cold) and dark with good humidity is the normal way of saving fertile eggs for incubation. A maximum of 7 days. After the seven day period the first save lose better than 50% of their chance at hatch and that drops daily for every extra day saved thereafter.

Answer 2

No. An egg from a fridge will not hatch. Chickens have been raised to lay unfertilized eggs that will not hatch. Those eggs would not hatch even if they were placed directly in an incubator right after they were laid!

Answer 3

I have heard that this has happened. After two weeks of being in the fridge....they were placed back in the nest and they were hatched!

The best way to find out is to try it. :) Use the scientific method to solve that problem!

Answer 4

Yes, provided the eggs aren't too old and the temperature of the refrigerator isn't too cold. Don't expect consistent hatch rates, though- badly chilled eggs tend to have a much lower rate of success than ones stored at the proper temperature (50-55F) and humidity (75-90%).

Answer 5

Yes, one night at lower than idea temperatures should not effect the hatch. This is natures way of allowing for eggs laid in a natural environment that may drop quite cold at nights. Many hens will not brood until they have collected a clutch of eggs. They will leave the first few eggs unprotected for hours at a time but once they have enough eggs in a clutch they will set on the eggs almost constantly, leaving only for occational food and water and to defaecate.

Answer 6

7 to 10 days under optimum conditions. Cool but not refrigerated and high humidity. After 10 days the viability of the eggs will reduce very quickly to Zero by day 14. To be sure, collect for 7 days only.

Answer 7

No, you cannot hatch eggs from the carton in the refrigerator. They are not usually fertilized by a rooster, and even if they were, the embryo would likely be dead.

Answer 8

Yes.Just keep it in the cuboard and warm.

Answer 9

No, you need an incubator.