Eggs sat on...and then stored?

[rebrascora]

I certainly would not chuck the eggs. They will still be good to eat even if you don't continue with the incubation.

 

[chickens really]

Did she actually sit on them for 30 hours?..That's really not enough time...Store them and wait..Just eggs so you might come out with Chicks..Don't keep them longer than 10 days or they might not be fertile anymore.
Won't hurt to try..

 

[chuckachucka]

Did she actually sit on them for 30 hours?..That's really not enough time...Store them and wait..Just eggs so you might come out with Chicks..Don't keep them longer than 10 days or they might not be fertile anymore.
Won't hurt to try..

well she got up probably four times for about half an hour each time during that period, but otherwise she was sat on them a whole afternoon and a day then got off the next morning. So it was somewhere between 24-48 hours.
anyway I caved and turned the incubator on. Couldn't stand the thought of life starting and then being snuffed out before it had a chance. Hoping the silkie will do her thing soon!

 

[casportpony]

I'm sure @casportpony did an accidental experiment in respect of this where eggs were started and then got accidentally left on a bench top for a week or so from memory, then may even have been put into the fridge before finally being successfully incubated and L believe there was no turning involved during this period. It is a long time since I read her post about it and I may have the details wrong, but hopefully she can enlighten us.
I would certainly agree that a few hours in neither here nor there and the eggs could easily be stored on the bench top with occasional turning for a few days until incubation is restarted.

I remember that one, lol. Let me see if I can find it.

 

[casportpony]

Everyone, please know that I was joking when I composed this. I did not really try to kill the eggs.

Trying to kill eggs experiment...

Step 1. Remove 8 eggs from broody after 1 week incubation.
Step 2. Place eggs on kitchen counter.
Step 3. Leave eggs alone for one week on kitchen.
Step 4. Place eggs in killerbator (Janoel 48).
Step 5. Open killer bator several times every day.
Step 6. Forget to turn eggs.
Step 7. Don't add water and see where humidity ends up, which is usually 10%
Step 8. Wait until eggs pip externally, then raise humidity to 50%
Step 9. Keep opening killerbator 5-10 times a day.


Experiment failed, lol, all 8 chicks hatched and flourished!

All joking aside, I wish I had this sort of luck with peafowl.

 

[chuckachucka]

Everyone, please know that I was joking when I composed this. I did not really try to kill the eggs.

Woah, how is that even possible? The eggs must have had live embryos inside when you took them from the broody so what happened during the time they were left in your kitchen? It makes me think of a Sci fi movie where someone is cryogenically frozen and defrosted in the future...
Did they all hatch on time (I.e. After two weeks in the incubator)?

 

[casportpony]

Woah, how is that even possible? The eggs must have had live embryos inside when you took them from the broody so what happened during the time they were left in your kitchen? It makes me think of a Sci fi movie where someone is cryogenically frozen and defrosted in the future...
Did they all hatch on time (I.e. After two weeks in the incubator)?

Amazing, right? Yeah, they all hatched about two weeks later.

 

[casportpony]

If she sat solid for 30 hours they will have started, but based on my accidental experiment, I think you have a good chance of getting them to hatch.

 

[casportpony]

I certainly would not chuck the eggs. They will still be good to eat even if you don't continue with the incubation.

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