hatching eggs

[bullet47]

ok! i guess my question is can i put eggs in bator as soon as they come off nest or should i wait????????

 

[shelleyd2008]

It won't hurt them at all to set them right away, but if you don't have a second incubator for hatching, it's best to wait until you have a lot of eggs. You can keep the eggs (from your own birds) up to and over 2 weeks without much difference in the hatch rates. Just be sure to turn the eggs at least once a day while you are collecting and holding them

 

[Ridgerunner]

This site talks about storing eggs for the incubator, including when to turn and how to turn.

http://gallus.tamu.edu/Extension publications/b6092.pdf