How do you keep fertile eggs for someone to hatch?

write2caroline

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I met a lady who would like some of my fertile eggs. Razzmatazz my roo is good at making sure all the eggs are fertile. Anyway. What do I do when I collect them? Normally I put eggs in the fridge because we eat our eggs but I have never tried to hatch any and I need some advice.
Caroline
 
Put eggs in a carton in the house so they don't freeze. Whipe off any excess poo. Pointed end down.
 
A search should turn up plenty of info, but in case you didn't find anything put them in an egg carton, pointed end down and tilt them three times a day. I think they should be at or a little below room temp and around 50-60%humidity. They should keep like this for a week with development declining after that.
 
They need to be kept between 55-65 degrees, and kept in a pulp carton, fat end up.

I put mine in a huge cooler in my basement, and if it gets near 65, I put a small ziploc bag of ice in the cooler. Keep the cooler shut - it'll keep moisture loss to a minimum. They should be turned 45 degrees each day (the entire carton - just prop one side up and then the other).
 
Put in your coolest room, and if you have an incubator's egg turner, putting the turner on a table or other flat surface, plugging it in and using it to keep the eggs turned makes the world go around a lot faster.
 
Thanks, So as I collect the eggs for this lady I will keep them in an egg crate pointy end down and rotate the box 45 degrees 3x per day until I can get them to her.
And keep them in a temp between 55-65 degrees. Got it!

Thanks everyone. I tried to search for the answer but I didn't find anything.

Caroline
 
What I did was keep all mine in a small cooler in the basement in a carton of course. In the bottom of the Styrofoam cooler I put an ice pack...it was at 50-55 degrees at all times
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Perfect for storing soon to sell eggs
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The ppl who bought my eggs got GREAT hatch rates too
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Change that ice pack every morning if you are saving them for longer than a day. Eggs should not be over 7-10 days old at time of incubation. The earlier the better of course
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Good luck!
 
Put in your coolest room, and if you have an incubator's egg turner, putting the turner on a table or other flat surface, plugging it in and using it to keep the eggs turned makes the world go around a lot faster.

WHY didn't I think of this! Great idea using the turner
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