Letting eggs sit before incubating?

[AimsChickies]

How many of you let your eggs rest before incubating? How long do you let them set? Just curious

I forgot how fun this is!

 

[cmom]

I put my egg in my incubator but don't turn on the turner until the next day to give the eggs time to settle. Just what I do...

 

[Barbedwirecat]

I waited 12 hours for mine. They seem to be doing good. Room temp and small point down in cartons seems best. Some people do it 24-48 hours, but I really think it depends on how old the eggs are. The older the egg, the quicker you want to get it into the incubator.

 

[Arielle]

Are you talking about shipped eggs? or eggs coming from cold storage ?

I move my eggs in steps from cold storage to room temp for about 6 hours to set.

 

[mrs_ed]

I also just let mine set in turner with it off for 12-24 hours. first time i incubated I didnt put them in the turner so they were up right but on the counter...big fail, I think thats part of the reason I had such a horrible hatch rate. 2 out of 13! So I think the key is, for shipped eggs anyhow, let them rest big end up in an egg carton or in your turner for a day before

good luck

 

[cukooformarans]

I think 12-hours. A seller advised me to do this and I had an 11 out of 12 hatch rate. Got some eggs from the same seller and tried a little less (I think it was 5 or 6 hours) and got like 9 out of 14. (Sort of, we had a power outage and the first one to pip got shrink wrapped and another died in the first day so ended up with 7.) May have had nothing to do with anything but the first hatch rate was so much better that I just stuck with it.

 

[DAVE07]

Does a mother hen do this?

 

[discoveregg]

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No, a mother hen does not do this. I've always wonder why some people do

I've had great hatches with my shipped eggs by taking them straight from the box to the egg turner in the incubator.

 

[Kavellion]

i am impatient i just put em right in the incubator and turn it on.

 

[cmom]

I have let them sit out for up to 24 hrs and put them in right away. I found no significant differences in my hatches. One thing I do is I put the shipped eggs in the incubator the day I get them and the next day turn on the turner. The eggs are all pretty well up to temperature internally then.