how long do shipped eggs have to settle before being iincubated?

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My penedesenca eggs just arrived. I bought 12 but got 16 w/o any breakages, I'm so excited. When can they go into the incubator?
 
Another member we just met today gave us 6 Bantam eggs and we made a makeshift incubator and put them in already. Don't know anything about waiting. I would think you should put them in now. Can anyone tell what what is the ideal temp and humidity?
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Alotta sites actually suggest ~24 hours. It's a good idea, whether 12 or 24. I got mine, then put them in an hour later. Definately not enuff time. The problem with shipped eggs, is that their air cells have a tendency to become misshappen. Which is what the rest period is for. So it can even out the air cells. I had the misshapen air cell problem during my incubation. It worried me a bit. Next time I'll wait that 24 hours, lol.
 
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