Old eggs

[halo]

Has anyone made a note of the oldest egg that they ever incubated to a chick? Id be interested in knowing.

 

[silkiechicken]

I put in 30 eggs that were 3-4 weeks old. 6 made it.

 

[halo]

Wow, thats interesting! And encouraging, thanks.

 

[Wynette]

Interesting question - I look forward to others' responses!

 

[Joy1]

Just put another six eggs in the bator,they are a week old.Is that ok?

 

[kstaven]

If they are kept cool, up to ten days is the ideal. From there you will start to lose out on hatchability.

I have done eggs that are 20 - 22 days old and got a 30% hatch.

 

[halo]

So from what both of you said, with 3-4 week old eggs you can still get 20-30% hatch. Interesting.

 

[austinhart123]

16 days i waited with my current batch, 17 out of 20 are viable!!!!