So, can you hatch eggs from the grocery store? The short answer is: Probably not. “Is it possible a free-range store egg could be fertile (if they have a rooster) and also hatch?

If you want to find fertile eggs that make good candidates for hatching, Fosnaught recommends seeking out “Fertile hatching eggs from a breeder flock (hens and roosters kept for the purpose of ...

The big issue: You can’t hatch just any old eggs you get at the supermarket. You need fertilized — sometimes marked as fertile — eggs, and most grocery stores carry the unfertilized kind.

The big issue: You can’t hatch just any old eggs you get at the supermarket. You need fertilized — sometimes marked as fertile — eggs, and most grocery stores carry the unfertilized kind.