How long to rest?

[bigredfeather]

For those of you who buy shipped hatching eggs, how long do you let them rest before setting them in the bator?

 

[SilkieTime]

I was told 8 hr. or more.

 

[AK_Button_Mama]

well it depends for me. if they sit at tyhe post ofice over night I dont let the sit. if I pick them up the day they arrive then I try to let them sit overnight. I always set at night because if I set durning the day I wanna open the bator... if I do it at night I wake to babies and I dont touch the eggs and open the bator repeatedly...

 

[MagsC]

I used to let them sit 5 or 6 hours, now I let them sit about a day before I put them in the incubator.

 

[bigredfeather]

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Have you noticed a higher hatch rate now that you let them rest longer?

 

[Mahonri]

I've let them sit 24 hours, I've put them right in the bator.

For me at least, it made absolutely no difference.

 

[tofuranch]

I let mine sit for about 12 hours....that said I too like to put them in at night so sometimes it is longer. I have found that I have better hatch rates. I live at a higher elevation and it just stables them out.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

At least 12 hours here. It's in the afternoon when we get them home, unwrap and let them sit over night before we put them in.

Steve in NC