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We ended up with 12 clear eggs that could have been dinner.
I think they were just too old, and had been refrigerated.
We may try again if we can get fresher eggs.
I don't know that they'd get turned while waiting, but eggs that are shipped aren't turned either and they seem to handle it alright. I think I may have been a little a bit over-cautious.
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Let me introduce you to the USPS !!!
Do not refrigerate hatching eggs. Keep them cool (50F) and...
Have I seriously been passing up perfectly good hatching eggs??? he
Generally, hatching eggs should not be stored below 50F. Reducing that to maybe 45 if they are to be stored a week. Humidity should be kept at around 70%., and the eggs should be turned if kept more than a couple of days.
If...
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I wouldn't have started this thread only I thought the information supplied by the company added sufficient extra interest to make it worthwhile.
I told them .... here is the reply:
It will be low, as an egg cools below 50, the hatchability becomes low. I would expect you to maybe get 1 that hatch and maybe 3 -4 that show embronic growth. But you could also get 0 that hatch and not shock me. There are a little older than I would like...
Today Mrs Twigg and I found ourselves in a Health Food Store.
In their fridges were NutriFresh Fertile Eggs, so we bought a dozen ($4.50) of the latest date-coded we could find.
The code on the box is 056APR5 (sell by)
We were planning on setting 6 as a test, and eating 6 because they look...