INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

lol I said s it and told kid she aint never getting them done again!!

Morning Sunshine

How are you?

 

[BullChick]

Had I not married, I was going to be a Special Ed teacher. I was enrolling in classes when I met him. Too bad for my neighbors/cousins, I spent many years working with various physical/emotional and mental disabilities. I know enough to not buy the "poor me" crap they give me. I see what they can do, and expect them to do it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Is there a good thread on ways to store eggs?
Does anyone remember how long you dip eggs in boiling water (?seconds) so you can leave them out for a couple of months? I know remember reading about it years ago in some missionary journals.
@Akrnaf2 You are good at research, do you know?

@daxigait

Collection, WASHING & Storage of Eggs​

Collection, Washing, Cuticle Removal, Sanding & Storage of Eggs (Click to hide)

Collection, Washing & Storage of Eggs​

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Choose eggs that are of good size, not abnormally big or small. Do NOT set dirty, cracked, or porous eggs.
Clinical studies at the University of Arkansas have shown that if your going to set a dirty egg, set the dirty egg, DO NOT SAND, WASH OR WIPE dirty eggs as hatchability decreases with these practices!
Cuticula is the thin membrane that covers the whole eggshell that is made from the sticky fluid when laid which covers it and quickly dissolves due to carbondioxyde activity.
This membrane can be penetrated by gasses but functions as a kind defensive mechanism to prevent the entry of bacteria.

The washing and rubbing action also serves to force disease organisms through the pores of the shell. Place the eggs upright in an egg carton with the FAT, air cell end of the egg UP! Allow eggs to sit in a moderately cool, somewhat humid place for storage. Basements are great. Moderately cool means 55-65 degrees. Rotate your eggs a 3 times a day to keep the embryo from sticking. An easy way to turn all of the eggs at once is to place a thick book under one end of the carton, and later remove the book and put it under the other end of the carton, 3 times a day. Before adding eggs to the incubator always WARM eggs UP slowly to room temperature. IF THE EGGS ARE COLD Condensation can cause bacterial growth on the eggs! You can collect eggs up until 10 days or so, but after the 7th day lower hatch rates may result.
Stored eggs take longer to hatch (about one hour per day of storage).

It is important to ALWAYS wash your hands before handling your hatching eggs!

Omphalitis, yolk sack infection is caused by a bacterium that enters through the porous egg shell and easily kills embryo's and newly hatched chicks. Unfortunately, incubation conditions are ideal for breeding bacteria as well as incubating eggs. For more information on storing eggs refer to Recommendations for hatching egg handling and storage

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If you MUST store longer please see this info HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ll-detatched-shipped-eggs/26100#post_13329240 ( pasted below from diary thread)
CONCLUSIONS:
When eggs were stored in the small-end-up position for 2 to 4 weeks, it was, not beneficial to turn them daily as had been previously demonstrated to be advantageous for eggs stored small-end-down.​

PLASTIC BAG EGG STORAGE!!! http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=618820
Temporary heating before incubation and enclosing eggs in plastic bags during storage improves hatchability, especially when storage is prolonged. A high humidity during storage also improves hatchability, probably due to a reduction in water loss. The changes in albumen pH during storage are discussed in so far as they provide a possible explanation for relationships between environmental conditions during storage and hatching results.

TIPS:
Use your turners during storage!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I have been better thanks, hope your doing good

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi and bye for a while y'all

I wont spread good cheer this morning so off to make a gallon of java and see if it helps my lovely disposition.

 

[Chaos18]

I have been better thanks, hope your doing good

I'm alright. Hope you and your day improve.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: DIL is a teacher in public schools in the Kenosha district of WI; has been for many years. For several of those years, she taught minority inner-city kids, from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds that weren't "special needs"; they just didn't care, and had no idea of how to study. Homework wasn't emphasized; they wouldn't do it anyway. They excelled in running the streets, many times as gang members. She employed some unconventional methods of her own, but they worked. I visited her class a couple of times. The first time, she had them making breakfast, which for some of them was the only way they'd get any. They all had her home phone number, and were encouraged to call her with questions or problems, scholastic or personal. Some of them wound up on the streets or incarcerated, anyway. Several of them, however, turned their lives around and have kept in touch, thanking her for caring and crediting her with getting them on the right path in life. Quite a woman!

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi and bye for a while y'all

I wont spread good cheer this morning so off to make a gallon of java and see if it helps my lovely disposition.

That's okay, we can't all be happy all the time. Gallon sounds good!

 

[Chaos18]

Hi and bye for a while y'all 

I wont spread good cheer this morning so off to make a gallon of java and see if it helps my lovely disposition.

Toodles

 

[kajira]

Hi and bye for a while y'all

I wont spread good cheer this morning so off to make a gallon of java and see if it helps my lovely disposition.

Hope your coffee makes you feel better. Sorry you woke up feeling icky. (or blue.)