Incubation Experiment on Fertility Length of Stored Eggs

[christylynne11]

I decided to see exactly how long I could hold eggs before incubating them. So, I collected eggs daily (from my 2 ducks that tend to have a 100% fertility rate) for 25 days and kept them in a carton on my kitchen counter. The temp in our house stays between 65 and 70°F. After 25 days, I placed the eggs in the incubator. It is now day 7, and all but 3 of the eggs have begun to develop! I will keep everyone posted throughout the incubation until I have a final hatch number, but so far, I can say that the eggs remained fertile for at least 22 days when kept at 65-70°.

 

[The Phantom]

Wow. That’s a long time!

 

[MagpieDucks]

How many eggs do you have?

 

[Fairview01]

@christylynne11 If your interested in this Google Petersime and preincubation. Very interesting.

 

[Trux]

@Texas Kiki

 

[christylynne11]

How many eggs do you have?

25

 

[christylynne11]

@christylynne11 If your interested in this Google Petersime and preincubation. Very interesting.

Doing that now!

 

[Kiki]

I decided to see exactly how long I could hold eggs before incubating them. So, I collected eggs daily (from my 2 ducks that tend to have a 100% fertility rate) for 25 days and kept them in a carton on my kitchen counter. The temp in our house stays between 65 and 70°F. After 25 days, I placed the eggs in the incubator. It is now day 7, and all but 3 of the eggs have begun to develop! I will keep everyone posted throughout the incubation until I have a final hatch number, but so far, I can say that the eggs remained fertile for at least 22 days when kept at 65-70°.

Sweet!
Did you happen to date the eggs or label them some kind of way each day you collected them?

 

[Kiki]

@Texas Kiki

Thank you!
I love to follow experiments!

 

[Kiki]

@christylynne11 If your interested in this Google Petersime and preincubation. Very interesting.

This article or a different one?
https://www.petersime.com/hatchery-development-department/egg-storage/