getting the eggs

[BairleaFarm]

Say my incubator holds 30 eggs. My chicks are giving me 5 eggs aday. How to I go about getting the 30? Or do i need 30 eggs aday to fill the incubator?

 

[scatteredeggs]

hi,

based on some posts here in BYC, you can collect eggs and store them prior to incubation.
eggs are best incubated when fresh, but 1-7 day old eggs will hv a good hatching rate also. some say even up to 10 days, but the fresher they are, the better.
meaning to say, you can pick up eggs everyday, for say 6 days @ 5 eggs each day, then put all 30 eggs into the incubator at one time.
(you can also do staggered incubation, but not a good way to do it, IMHO)
i suggest you search 'storing eggs' to find threads on this subject with the experts' opinions.

 

[BairleaFarm]

I tried searching. I get a ton of post and only came across one about quail eggs. I know the threads are there but lost at least with the search terms ive used.

 

[scatteredeggs]

here's one from the Quail group

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=527422

 

[cashdl]

I set eggs once a week from my hens. Usually I set eggs on Saturday. So Sunday thru Saturday I am setting eggs aside in an egg carton so I can put them in the incubator on Saturday night. I have even gone two weeks before I put eggs in the incubator and have had success hatching them.

Lanae

 

[BDF SL Wyandottes]

Where is the best place to store the eggs and at what temperature?

 

[ChestnutRidge]

This thread discusses that as well: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=475734&p=1
The OP of the thread saved and hatched eggs from a single hen! He had a sucessful hatch, too.