How should I store eggs until ready to incubate?

[chickenkerri]

My neighbor gave me some fresh fertilized eggs to put in my bator but I'm waiting for some other eggs to arrive from Ebay. Should I put her eggs in the fridge until the others arrive or will that reduce their viability?

Thanks Everyone!!

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

No fridge. I store mine at room temp, in an paper egg tray, tilting it from side to side once a day. Also place the little end down. and you can keep them up to 10 days, after day that hatch rates can drop considerably.

 

[Chicken Woman]

They should be stored at 55 to 60 degrees. Any higher than that and the developing process could start and quit.

 

[chickenkerri]

Does this still work even if she already refrigerated some of them?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Although some people have had successful hatches with refrigerated eggs, the best thing is to keep them between 45 and 65 degrees. I don't think 70 or 75 will hurt for a few days. Growing up on the farm, we kept them in a bucket under the sink and had viable eggs. We did not have air conditioning.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Mine are stored at around 70 to 75, for up to 7 days, and I havent had any problems yet.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Yeah,
I was gone say, who keeps an area at 45-65 degrees just to store eggs? My fridge aint much below 45! and my house stays at 70?
I keep all mine in the egg trays as mentioned above, rotate 1-2 times daily, and just keep them in the house at a decent room temp, true dont let it get to 80-85 degrees in there, but a 70 degree house is just perfect for a week or so. done it that way for many a year.
Aubrey

 

[chickenkerri]

So should I put the cold ones back in the fridge and leave the other out? Or leave them all out?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I'd just leave them all out
Fridges can get too cold at times and possibly freeze them

 

[Smoky73]

I put refridgerated Ameraucana eggs in the incubator at the beginning of March just for the heck of it and they are growing just as well as the others.