How do you store your eggs before setting them in the incubator?

[henpeckedmuch]

I have been told that one needs to keep eggs at around 50 degrees while saving them up to be placed in the incubator. How do you do that?

 

[BairleaFarm]

I dont. I keep them on the counter in racks. I usually dont let them sit more than a couple days.

 

[dickhorstman]

I keep mine in the coolest part of the basement. I set every 7 days.

 

[quailmale]

x2 on the 7 day limit.

 

[free_loader]

egg carton on the counter... or somtimes in the fridge if i'm not sure i'm gonna hatch them

 

[NovaAman]

you can refrigerate eggs you wanted hatch? For how long?

 

[cubalaya]

egg crate in the utility room around 60 degrees pointy end down. collect for 5 days and put in incubator.

 

[Shayna]

I collect for about a week at a time and store them in a styro cooler in a room we don't really heat. It stays in the lower to mid 50s there. High humidity is important so I put damp paper towels or water beads in a jar in the opposite side of the cooler to keep the humidity around 70% - 80%. I keep them in an egg carton and switch propping sides a few times a day. I have very good luck hatching them this way.

 

[free_loader]

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Probably not ideal storage, but if I'm not sure if I plan to eat them or incubate them I put them in the fridge anyway. I threw 7 maran eggs in the bator almost 2 weeks ago, the eggs were in the fridge for at least a week if not longer, and 6 of them are developing

in the past I've refrigerated quail eggs while I waited to get enough to fill my turner it usually took a little over 2 weeks to get as many as I wanted, and I still had 80% hatch rates