How to store fertile eggs? newbie question

[write2caroline]

My GLW are really beautiful and a lady I met was interested in my fertile eggs ( Razzamatazz my Rooster is very good at making sure all eggs are fertile) Since I have never even tried to save up some fertile eggs for someone ... any suggestions as to how to keep them/ store them or should I just collect them that day and give her the daily offerings from my girls? Normally I put them in the fridge because we just eat the eggs.

Caroline

 

[WalkingWolf]

I store eggs at 45F covered for setting. I have set eggs at over two weeks and still get close to perfect hatches.

 

[bigdawg]

small end down. fresher the better.

 

[Egg_newton]

I've read you want to store them in a dark, cool, quiet place so I put mine in the basement. It stays about 55 degrees down there. I keep them in an egg carton with a piece of 2x4 under one side and switch it two or three times a day to exercise the embryo even before incubation. I did this for about two weeks while collecting enough eggs to do in the bator.

 

[kathyinmo]

Copied from another thread ....
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[joebryant]

Put your incubator's egg turner on a table in a cool place, 50*-65*F, and use it to keep your eggs tuned while you're collecting eggs. When you've collected all the eggs that you want and you're incubator is ready to be used, place the egg turner with eggs into your incubator.

 

[Ridgerunner]

This site talks a lot about storing eggs. I think you will find it helpful.

Texas A&M Incubation site
http://gallus.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/b6092.pdf

Like a lot of things on here, there are no hard and fast rules you have to follow. If you violate a "rule", it does not necessarily mean the egg will not hatch. It means the odds of it hatching decrease a little, sometimes very little. So considering your circumstances and conditions, do the best you can and you should do OK. For example, many of us don't have a place that is the perfect temperature and humidity, but we store the eggs in the best place we have and most of them still hatch. Just try not to abuse the rules.

 

[Smokin Silkies]

The only place in my house that stays cool is our laundry room/mud room. Right now it stays about 55-60 degrees but we have to run a dehumidifier in there because it leaks a little...something that will get fixed summer time, but hopefully mine are alright. I've had them in there for 4 days (today is 4) and I have 3 eggs so far. I have 4 hens and I get one egg a day. The humidity is very low (around 20%) so I hope this don't damage the eggs

Times like this I wish I had a basement

 

[bigstack]

I had some eggs get lost in mail. they were 15 days old when put in bator, 75% hatchrate. I was very surprised! I would not go longer than needed and deffinately not more than 2 weeks at 55 -45 degrees with good humidity.

Good Luck and God Bless!

 

[vonny]

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By this due you mean that the carton is on its side then upright, on its side again then upside down? I have to gie away my roos and was hoping to keep some eggs long enough to keep a few to hatch.