egg shipment and incubation questions!

[ChrisandraO]

how long should my eggs sit once my package gets here?

is it okay to incubate both my jumbo quail eggs and my button quail eggs in the same incubator? (I do have a second incubator i can set up if it is not)

one package is getting here today and another package of eggs is getting her tomorrow should I wait to load all the eggs into the incubator tomorrow or will it be okay to load half today and the other half tomorrow?

What day should I candle the eggs for development? (I've heard day 7 and before lock down but I wanted to make sure)

Any other advice is appreciated


(I have a still air incubator that right now is sitting at ~100-101f (two glass thermometers I dont have a digital one for my bator yet) and humidity is 45-48%)

 

[kingmt]

Others have said to let them sit 24 hours. I don't think I've ever placed any sooner then that. I'm not sure of Buttons hatch at the same time as Coturnix but other then planning them to hatch on the same day. I wouldn't brood them together tho. Those little Buttons. I've never seen Button eggs but I can't see through a Coturnix egg.

 

[ChrisandraO]

yeah I will have two different brooder set up haha they need slightly different food from what I have read and I would worry about the little dudes in with the jumbo kids. They both should hatch on day 17-19, so I guess I will be placing them in the incubator on saturday? would the first package be okay with that? (they where packed at 12 hours(or less) old on Tuesday)

 

[kingmt]

Eggs are best at less then 7 days. Past 14 days is said to be to long. I've never had eggs over 14 days but I noticed lower hatch rates over 10 days. I got bad hatch rates out of shipped eggs anyways.