collecting eggs for incubating(too hot?)

[monster1]

i am collecting eggs for incubating. i work grave yard and sometimes am too tired to collect the eggs when i get home. sometimes i do it when i get up at 11:00am. when i collect the eggs at this time, they have been in the sun for a couple hours and are warm to the touch when i pick them up. are they still good to hatch? i figure it can't hatch if i don't put it in the bator, but i don't want to waste my time loading up the bator if i have eggs that won't hatch because they weren't collected early enough in the day to be fresh enough. i have been storing them in the sink of my bathroom under a damp washcloth to keep some humidity and keep them cool. by the way temps have been really cool here with 85 degrees by midday.

thanks,
monty

 

[Judy]

I have read you can just keep them on the kitchen counter for at least a week, then load the bator. I would not keep them under a wet rag as germs can migrate into the egg.

I'm certainly no expert at incubating, though -- hopefully some others will chime in.

 

[NanaKat]

Collect the eggs in an egg carton because you need to turn them twice a day until you put them into the bator.
This way you just turn over the egg carton with the eggs inside.
I wouldn't use a damp rag on them either.

 

[monster1]

so, the eggs should be fine even though they were collected late? btw, the washcloth was only sprayed with a spray bottle so they probably weren't that damp.