Well Guys I did it! I Finally won an auction! I wanted to know about the shipped eggs. I know i must wait 24 hours for them to sit before i put them under the hen but why is this? I know it deals with the air cell but what? Also, how will I be able to know when the air cell is good to go, will it be up right? Final question! Do I candle it to see this? Thanks!!
I never wait 24 hours. Maybe 8 hours. I also never candle eggs before setting them. Usually, I don't candle until day 18.
What I personally do is set them after about 8-12 hours... I also don't usually wait 24, though some people are pretty adamant about that. I do candle as soon as I get them though. Candle to check the air cell, which is so important in shipped eggs. If there is air cell damage, then I can decide how to proceed accordingly. If not, then I am at least reassured that I can go about incubation normally. I then of course label them or at least number them, often weigh them, and then I wait 8-12 hours before I set. It's a bit of a ritual for me.
what do you do with the ones with the displaced air cells? i'm getting 12 shipped silkie eggs in a couple weeks. .......................never mind, lol.......i see in another thread where you talk about the air cells, i'll go and read that.
So if I see a dispatched air cell a let it be for a little while longer? KATHYINMO: when I said candle I ment to candle them to see if the air cell was fixed.
Congrats on getting those eggs coming to you The resting of the eggs is to give the air cells a chance to settle and come to a "room temp"..... I have waited 8 to 12 and up to 24 hours or so... no rules on that.... I won't open that incubator with chicks hatching. unless it's like day 25... If I have ample room in incubator, I rarely candle before putting eggs in unless something about the new eggs is stinky! I'd be more likely to candle some in the incubator and move out if they are not developing as should be... That's just my practice, no "rule" in it. For me, I'm more concerned about "room temp" with the incubator than the hen and I have no logical reason why .... I suppose I think that the warm up is much faster in the incubator and that the hen will make adjustments as learned in "nature". I rarely candle eggs any here along the way until day 18 and then just do that if I'm in a crunch on space or if I "smell" something in the incubator. Wishing you great success with those eggs!
