How long before eggs start to develop?

[albodean]

Hi all,

I had some fertilised eggs delivered and borrowed an incubator from my neighbour.

I set the incubator up and put the eggs in after letting them sit for 24 hours.

The incubator stopped working after roughly 1-2 hours.

If I was to buy a new incubator and have it delivered on Tuesday (36 hours from now) would the eggs still be okay to resume incubation or would they already be too far developed to be able to stop then start again?

I hope this is clear.

Thanks,

Alex

 

[MagpieDucks]

Hi all,

I had some fertilised eggs delivered and borrowed an incubator from my neighbour.

I set the incubator up and put the eggs in after letting them sit for 24 hours.

The incubator stopped working after roughly 1-2 hours.

If I was to buy a new incubator and have it delivered on Tuesday (36 hours from now) would the eggs still be okay to resume incubation or would they already be too far developed to be able to stop then start again?

I hope this is clear.

Thanks,

Alex

It should be fine. Eggs normally take up to 36 hours to show development. Although it may bring the hatch rate down a little bit. Think of it as leaving your eggs outside on a hot day. Let us know how things go!

 

[albodean]

It should be fine. Eggs normally take up to 36 hours to show development. Although it may bring the hatch rate down a little bit. Think of it as leaving your eggs outside on a hot day. Let us know how things go!

Brilliant, thanks for that! I’ll give it a go!