NEW to incubaitng- any specifics on getting eggs ready?

[daniellenoel]

I am a 2nd grade teacher in Colorado and am doing this incubation with my class.
I am getting my eggs from a farmer who is about an hour away from here. SHe is worried about bringing the eggs to me, that they may get cold or bumped around a bit. Is there anything I should tell her?
And what do I do once they get here? Do I put them in right away or wait a bit?
Thanks

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

They should be fine. You can set them on the counter to settle an warm up some before going in the incubator. The main thing is having the incubator running an stable beforehand.

 

[tigercreek]

Should not be a problem in transporting them. The best temp to store fresh eggs is 40 to 70 Degs. As long as they are fresh, and have not been under a hen, temp will not be a problem. As far as bouncing them around, a normal car ride will not hurt them. Postal shipping gets a lot of throwing and bouncing around and they do O.K. As said, get your incubator up and running stable, and give the eggs a day to come to room temp, and away you go!! Hope the kids have a great time watching them develop. ..........stan

 

[FoodKillah]

Good luck with your hatch!

Some people order online and get their eggs shipped across the world, bouncing around and changing temperatures and humidity very fast, its not too easy to hurt them if you dont really want to do so, dont worry

 

[smchickfarm]

I agree, the drive should not hurt the eggs.. My mom was a teacher she used incubate eggs in her class, the kids absolutely loved it

and
they learned a lot!


Good Luck and keep us posted

 

[Cass]

I hatched chicks with my 4 year old class (Yes I am certifably insane)
They LOVED it.

My eggs were shipped. Arrived at the Day Care AFTER 2 Days in the mail in the spring. They sent them upstairs to me with a THREE YEAR OLD. Who knows what happened to the eggs.

I didn't want to set them right then, so I put them in the fridge. (what did I know?)
I took them out at circle the next day, we counted them and put them in the 'bator. (Directly from the fridge, minus a few minutes to count them....again, what did I know?)

They hatched. WAAAAY more hatched than I needed in a classroom of 4 year olds.

So drive over. Put them in a carton and bring them home.

THEN? Follow the instructions of people who KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

(but my point is, you can do almost everything wrong and still have them hatch)