Quick hatching egg stoarge question

[k2chickens]

well i got some eggs in the mail about a day ago...also i have about 5 pullet eggs from my own girl that i have collected over the past 4 or 5 days. My question is...the eggs that have yet to hatch in my incubator are on day 23...."i usually go to day 24 or 25 to be safe". I have plans to do a Thanksgiving hatch and i have a few more day's untill i need to set the eggs. So....should i just keep storing the eggs in my 70 degree dark closet...or throw them in the fridge??? I know with every day that passes the hatch rate drop's.....so i have ben tossing this around in my head since yesterday. Thanks in advance for all your help.

 

[kathyinmo]

NO, do not refrigerate.

ETA: Actually, you should get those eggs in the incubator as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the less likely they are to hatch.

 

[speckledhen]

Any eggs should be stored between 50 and 65 with slightly high humidity for optimum hatchability. Fridge is too cold, generally.

 

[k2chickens]

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yes i knew that. thanks 4 the heads up. i had just seen ppl talk about hatching eggs from the fridge and it got me thinkin.

 

[speckledhen]

It works on occasion, but you do lower your chances if you try to hatch refrigerated eggs.