Thanks for the confirmation, Marty! I went ahead and added Affie's new egg to the rest of the batch I set. I had stored the other eggs small side down in a cool (55-60 I'd guess) room prior to incubating. I brought the incubator up to temp over 3-4 hours. I did it gradually, not wanting it to spike. This bator is tempermental, it seems. It is stabilized (fingers crossed) and I'm off to bed.
Best of luck for everyone's pending babies!
Best of luck for everyone's pending babies!
Hi BullCreek, No fresh eggs don't need to rest a day. The sooner they are set, the better. Resting is for shipped eggs, since their air cell gets messed up, letting them set helps get things back to homeostasis for the fertile cell and egg is relies on. Ideally, eggs are set the day they are picked up, but when I'm hatching out my ducklings all summer, I set eggs every 3 days. I choose to rest them small end down, but if they were laid at your place, it doesn't matter much for three days. Just don't let them get too hot to soon.