I am going to try and incubate some refrigerated eggs. They are Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and they are all in a pen with a game banny cock. Tarer tot chickens...
Providing you don't leave them in the fridge for weeks and weeks there's no reason it won't work OK. I refrigerate all of my hatching eggs in the summer and they hatch for me.
I found a great person (JOE!) to test-hatch all the eggs I can collect between now and Saturday mid-morning. BUT ... I'm having a hard time finding a place to keep my eggs cool before they go to the incubator on Saturday. It's single-digits outside, and I keep my home temp at 62. My basement is actually warmer, at around 65 degrees. I have a thermometer in my uninsulated garage that's reading 35 degrees after only 5 minutes. Would 62 be sufficient? Collecting to hatch: black australorp pure breed AND black australorp rooster cross with standard easter eggers. This will be a test run to see if my roo is doing his job and that the eggs are actually fertile. I'm so excited about having baby chicks from the chicks I got as day-olds this past April. Thanks! ================
