Hidden among the usual cartons lies Trader Joe's secret weapon: fertile eggs. Yes, you heard that right. These magical eggs have the potential to hatch into a dozen adorable chicks. And a TikToker has decided to put this theory to the ultimate test. Get ready for an egg-citing journey unlike anything you've seen before! Trader Joe's: where breakfast dreams and fluffy companions come to life.
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@aliceintkland Replying to @schaferin yes! You CAN hatch fertile eggs frim Trader Joes! Sorry I forgot to update 😂 #hatchingeggs #traderjoesfertileggs #chicksintheclassroom #kindergarten #hatching ♬ Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Original Extended Version - Boys Town Gang
Eat This, Not That reported that In a recent viral video that has racked up 1.5 million views and more than 110,000 likes on the platform, teacher @aliceintkland set out to verify whether those fertile Trader Joe's eggs are actually hatchable. She explained that she had already been incubating farm-fresh eggs for her classroom and added nine Trader Joe's eggs into the mix.
After 21 days, three of the Trader Joe's eggs hatched into real chicks, the teacher noted in the video. "Can you believe these guys came from a carton?" she asked.
Fellow Trader Joe's shoppers were both amazed and horrified to learn that they could purchase a dozen eggs from the retailer and potentially end up with actual chickens.
"The way I gasped! This is so cool," one TikToker commented on the video. "I may never eat eggs again," another said.
For shoppers who are more put off than excited by the prospect of fertile eggs, just know that the vast majority of grocery store eggs are not fertile and therefore will not eventually hatch into chicks. This is because commercial egg producers typically separate male and female chicks soon after birth, making fertilization impossible, The Guardian reported.
Even if you do purposefully or accidentally pick up a carton of fertile eggs, there's no guarantee they'll actually hatch. After all, only a third of the Trader Joe's eggs that @aliceintkland tried to hatch in a bonafide incubator actually produced chicks.
That's wild.
I'm curious to know if there are eggs outside of Trader Joe's that have this ability...
