2007-06-11 05:30:13 · 10 answers · asked by joncollins222 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If you are talking about store bought eggs, no there is no chance they would hatch under any circumstance because they aren'y fertilized by a male.
2007-06-11 07:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Future Biologist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can if it is fertilised. Broody chickens lay an egg a day until the clutch size is right and then they start incubating. They do not sit on the eggs until all are laid. If they lay fourteen eggs in the clutch, the first egg has been in the cold for two weks before incubation starts. Once the hen sits on the eggs and starts incubating, all the eggs warm up and develop at the same rate so they all hatch at the same time.
You can take fertilised eggs and keep them in the fridge for two or three weeks and then place them in an incubator or under a broody hen. The eggs will hatch. I have done this often enough to know that it works.
2007-06-11 21:25:55 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tentofield is correct. Fertilized eggs can be kept in the fridge for a while, provided that they had not had a chance to develop yet for any length of time. Many birds lay only one egg per day and start incubating them together so they hatch in generally the same time. Places like Murray McMurray Hatchery sends eggs that are at room temp, but fertile. It's only when the embryo really starts to develop that it is critical for the egg to stay warm. But remember, the hen will leave the nest to eat and void, sometimes for several hours, so eggs are pretty resilient.
2007-06-12 14:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by lizzzy9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no egg that you buy in the store can hatch and if you put a fertilized egg in the refrigerator you will kill the egg as they need incubation (to be kept warm) to hatch
2007-06-11 12:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by JK 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. An incubating bird requires a lot of warmth. The embryo would die in a refrigerated envorinment.
2007-06-11 12:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by liljumpinlizard 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO it can't.....the eggs that we eat, that's why it look like that cause you put it in the refrigerator and the Chicky Dee don't grow.
2007-06-11 12:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by {M0MMY 2 Be..♥} 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, not unless the fridgerator is outside & not working. Eggs have to have heat to incubate.
2007-06-11 12:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsydayne 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well yes but thre wouldn't be anything living in it
is it so cold it actually break open?
2007-06-11 12:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by zacky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO. That chicky is dead. if it ever had a growing bird inside.
2007-06-11 12:34:23 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no im sorry it cant the cold kills the ploor and defenseless creature!
2007-06-11 15:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋