Incubating Eggs before Shipping

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! Yesterday, I pulled 6 'Day 3' developing eggs from the group set 12/31/10 and let them cool in an egg carton at room temperature. That was HARDER to do than I thought it'd be --- 6 eggs was all I was willing to experiment with!
This morning, I wrapped them and let Tom ride them around all day (to simulate shipping) and will reset them Thurs morning (or maybe Wed night).
Wish them luck!

Lisa

 

[babymakes6]

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Can't wait to see how they do!

 

[pride&joy]

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Can't wait to see how they do!

2X

 

[knjinnm]

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Is Tom going to toss them every once in a while?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi!

Is Tom going to toss them every once in a while?

...'to SIMULATE shipping'. The eggs are from my 'silkie feathered green-eggers', and I don't want to KILL them --- it was hard enough to take the developing 'Day 3' eggs out of the incubator for the experiment.
I know shipping can be tough on eggs. I have confidence in my wrapping/packing method (but that's not what this experiment is about).
If I find 'Day 3' pre-incubated eggs can survive being cooled for days and re-incubated --- then I would be more willing to subject them to the same tests I put 'fresh eggs' through when I was testing 'shipping eggs'.
For now, I'll be happy if they survive being wrapped and gently ridden around.

Lisa​

 

[knjinnm]

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Us Too

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I had Tom ride them around again today and unwrapped them tonight.
I couldn't resist candling them. I was expecting to see blood-rings (indicating they'd died), but (Hurray!) no blood-rings. I didn't see the dot and veins I saw on 'Day 3', just the big hazy yolk.
I will reset them in the morning and hope for the best.
Has anyone here done this before?

Lisa

 

[babymakes6]

Good luck!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Thanks! I reset the 6 *pre-incubated* SFGE eggs this morning. We'll see.
I had been concerned I'd be able to tell for sure which were growing and which were not at Day 3. I candled the rest set 12/31 and every single one I had marked as clear on Day 3, was indeed CLEAR.
Most of these were blue / green eggs. I don't think I'd be so good with eggs with dark shells.
Went ahead and set another 3 doz-ish fresh eggs this morning.

Lisa

 

[silkiechicken]

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At 60 hours, almost day 3, we routinely took them out of the bator and set them on the counter overnight so they would be ready for experiments the next day. Nobody wants to work at night. LOL They almost always survived the night. Had maybe 4-5 out of hundreds that didn't make it, but of course, that could have been normal. However, due to the fact we used them for the experiment 95% of the time, I have very little to judge on how well they hatched. From the 5% we hatched to use later, just over half made it out vs the usual 95% of the ones set on purpose to hatch out. Of course, these are lab bred leghorn eggs which were shipped from the distributor if that makes a difference.