Can you put different eggs in the bator at different times?

[Ridgerunner]

This article talks about storing eggs for an incubator. It's not that you have to do everything exactly like it says. I doubt if many of us do. But the closer you can come without stressing out or doing anything extraordinary, the better your odds of a decent hatch should be.

Texas A&M Incubation site
http://gallus.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/b6092.pdf

I'd think you basement would be a great place to store the eggs. The refrigerator is probably cooler than you want for storing the eggs. I know the article says you don't have to turn them for the first several days, but I take the turner out of my incubator, plug it in, and store the eggs in it until I'm ready to put them in the incubator. Turning won't hurt.

 

[chkinut]

I know this is an old post. but i have a question. why do we have to go into lockdown at 18 days? do hens go into lockdown? do they know to stop turning the eggs? how do they increase their humidity?

 

[debilorrah]

I wanted to add that I have duck eggs in the bator and if my OEG's give me any eggs by Saturday, they are going into the bator. So you CAN do duck eggs and chicken eggs because ducks incubate for 28 days.