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[RoosterML]

Question, ordered eggs should be shipped out today due to arrive Friday or Saturday. My Incubator is due to arrive end of next week.
So with the shipped eggs I guess I'll just place then in eggs cartons pointy end down and keep doing the same thing lifting each end a couple times a day for the next week until incubator comes in?
Also I have not washed or cleaned any of my eggs. Luckily they are very clean. Now I don't know how clean the shipped eggs will be but I don't plan on cleaning those either. Good?

 

[WVduckchick]

I've switched to incubating with eggs laying down. I don't necessarily think it matters much, and I haven't kept track of whether I have better hatches either way, but many folks believe duck eggs, in particular, do better on their side. So now I do them all that way.

That's what I figured, incubator has them flat so why not store them flat?? Well now I have them pointy end down in a new egg carton. Lifting each end about 2-3 times a day. I have then down in the basement which is about in the low 60*.
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That's a pretty good tilt! Just be aware of any heating elements, etc, and the difference in heights. I would prefer tilting lengthwise by putting the block under one side, instead of under an end. Less height variation.

 

[Kiki]

Question, ordered eggs should be shipped out today due to arrive Friday or Saturday. My Incubator is due to arrive end of next week.
So with the shipped eggs I guess I'll just place then in eggs cartons pointy end down and keep doing the same thing lifting each end a couple times a day for the next week until incubator comes in?
Also I have not washed or cleaned any of my eggs. Luckily they are very clean. Now I don't know how clean the shipped eggs will be but I don't plan on cleaning those either. Good?

Whoa storing shipped eggs that long is not a good idea.

 

[WVduckchick]

Question, ordered eggs should be shipped out today due to arrive Friday or Saturday. My Incubator is due to arrive end of next week.
So with the shipped eggs I guess I'll just place then in eggs cartons pointy end down and keep doing the same thing lifting each end a couple times a day for the next week until incubator comes in?
Also I have not washed or cleaned any of my eggs. Luckily they are very clean. Now I don't know how clean the shipped eggs will be but I don't plan on cleaning those either. Good?

Those eggs are going to be a bit old by the time you get them set. Do you know when they were laid? Eggs decrease in viability the longer they sit, so follow your plan, but keep them in a closed carton (Styrofoam better than paper kind), in a dark, cool area, like a closet. To try to preserve them as much as possible.

 

[Kiki]

Quick contact the seller of the eggs see if they can hold off until after the bator arrives.

 

[RoosterML]

Those eggs are going to be a bit old by the time you get them set. Do you know when they were laid? Eggs decrease in viability the longer they sit, so follow your plan, but keep them in a closed carton (Styrofoam better than paper kind), in a dark, cool area, like a closet. To try to preserve them as much as possible.

Hatched yesterday, so from being hatched to being set in the incubator roughly 8-9 days

 

[Kiki]

Hatched yesterday, so from being hatched to being set in the incubator roughly 8-9 days

Laid? Call them put a hold on your order.

 

[RoosterML]

Just sent an email to delay shipment. We shall see what happens.
Yes laid not hatched.

 

[WVduckchick]

If they don't or can't, I think they may still be ok. Not ideal, but probably good enough for a test of your new incubator, at least.
10 days is usually the "guideline" age where viability has dropped off significantly. Older ones can still hatch, but fresher is better.

I'm currently in lockdown with some call duck eggs (26 day average hatch time, due Saturday) and one of the oldest eggs that I set is still in the running. I think it was around 12 or 13 days old at set time.

 

[Kiki]

Just sent an email to delay shipment. We shall see what happens.
Yes laid not hatched.