best way to store quail eggs for incubation?

[IceHax]

Hello everyone, I'm trying to incubate my own quail eggs for the first time. I have experience hatching quail eggs, but all of the quails I hatched were always from shipped eggs. I now want to attempt incubating my own eggs, but I am unsure how I should store them. I will be storing them for around 4 days (meaning, when I put them in the bator, the first ones will be 4 days old, while the last ones will be brand new.) I was looking around on the internet for the right temperature to store them at, and I saw 2 different currents: some say 15-18 C, while other research papers say the fridge is the best option ( 8-10 C). I don't have any spots in the house that reach the first temperatures, the lowest I can go is about 23 C. What about the refrigerator though? Does anyone have any first hand experience about storing eggs in it? These research papers seem to all say hatch rates remain at around 90%.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I would go with the 15-18C as storage temperature for almost all avian eggs.
Most ideal is to have only 2 temperature changes from when they are laid to setting. One when they cool down and another when they are incubated.
Storing where the humidity is higher also helps prevent weight loss.
Regular turning is important.
But at only 4 days storage, it is hard to mess that up.

 

[IceHax]

I would go with the 15-18C as storage temperature for almost all avian eggs.
Most ideal is to have only 2 temperature changes from lay. One when they cool down and another when they are incubated.
Storing where the humidity is higher also helps prevent weight loss.
Regular turning is important.
But at only 4 days storage, it is hard to mess that up.

alright, thanks, i think i will use the room that has 22C then, it's the best i can do without using a refrigerator. there the humidity is quite high (around 80%), so that should be good too.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I like to store eggs in a turning rack in the basement. Though I'm often too lazy or busy to do that. If you have a cellar, that would be good.

 

[BReeder!]

A basement works well.
We recently kept ours in a basket in our lower level which has a large aquarium (humidity) and is cooler (cool air settles). They held fine for a week and we have a 84% hatch rate after pulling the clears early on.

 

[IceHax]

I like to store eggs in a turning rack in the basement. Though I'm often too lazy or busy to do that. If you have a cellar, that would be good.

A basement works well.
We recently kept ours in a basket in our lower level which has a large aquarium (humidity) and is cooler (cool air settles). They held fine for a week and we have a 84% hatch rate after pulling the clears early on.

Yeah, my coolest room (22C) is the basement, which also has high humidity. I think I'll use that then! Thanks everyone for the advices