Resting eggs before incubating?

[AninaFFF]

How long do you guys let your eggs rest before placing them in the incubator?

 

[paddock36]

How long do you guys let your eggs rest before placing them in the incubator?

Are they shipped eggs or from your own chickens?

 

[kabuky]

I have shipped eggs that endured the bloody ride in the mail carrier's truck (even though I asked the seller to post "Hold eggs at PO." with my phone # listed.) (He refused; I won't buy expensive eggs from him again). SO do I wait 12-24 hours with point done? or immediately put into incubator? $150 investment in 12 eggs.

 

[AshVau22]

If air cell isn't detached I usually let them sit for 6-8 hours to get to room temp. If air cell is detached I'll let them sit till the next morning check air cell sometimes they attach after sitting sometimes not. My packages usually get delivered around 10:30 -11am.

 

[AshVau22]

What kind of eggs did you get? And yes pointy end down.

 

[kabuky]

The eggs I am talking about are Mountain Quail eggs. Darn things run about $12-$20 each

 

[Susan Skylark]

Never heard of one (avid birder and coturnix keeper) so had to Google it, pretty cool, though I personally hope to see a California or gambels someday, I don’t aspire to raise them (and motezumas are gorgeous)! I’ve had great and terrible hatches with shipped coturnix eggs, I hope yours goes well, detached or saddled air cells are a very bad sign. On shipped eggs I rest them for 12-24 hours unless they’ve been in transit for a week, then I just let the temp equilabrate for a few hours and start as old eggs are probably a bigger issue than air cells (if the embryos have been damaged by shipping, detached air cells are a symptom rather than the causative issue, sitting still isn’t going to fix that and getting older and adding more age damage will worsen it).

 

[Debbie292d]

It's probably way too late now, but, for shipped eggs, the rule of thumb is let them sit in an egg carton, pointy side down, at room temperature for at least 24 hours. This lets the air cells settle down and hopefully go back to the top where they belong. Sometimes, this doesn't happen and we get saddled eggs/side pippers, that usually make it out okay, but on occasion may need some assistance.

Then when putting in the incubator, it's recommended to leave the turner off anywhere from 1 to 5 days. I just leave it off for a day or two.

 

[kabuky]

I am just thinking of eggs under hens. The chickens disturb the eggs even on the first day laid with their constant arranging of the eggs they are sitting on. Same with pipping eggs - they are also jostled about and there is no "lock down" period. The girls leave eggs unattended daily to eat, drink, etc, so I admit I have no qualm if it takes me 15 minutes to get things right in the incubator. I try to follow nature's example whenever in doubt.

 

[kabuky]

I have shipped eggs that endured the bloody ride in the mail carrier's truck (even though I asked the seller to post "Hold eggs at PO." with my phone # listed.) (He refused; I won't buy expensive eggs from him again). SO do I wait 12-24 hours with point done? or immediately put into incubator? $150 investment in 12 eggs.

An update - only two eggs have made it to lockdown. We'll see if they hatch. None of the other eggs showed any potential - one looked as though it may have been fertile but highly disorganized.