Resting eggs before incubating?

[AninaFFF]

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

 

[catsndogs4us]

Are they eggs from your flock, shipped eggs, purchased locally eggs?

 

[CabritaChicks]

I’ll echo the question above with my own experience:

For eggs if from my own flock, I wouldn't rest them at all before incubating.

For shipped eggs, I would let them rest for around 24 hours—depending on when they arrive and how old they are. If it’s been a long trip or the eggs are a bit older, I get them into the incubator as soon as possible.

For locally purchased eggs, I assess how much they’ve been jostled during transport. If they seem relatively stable, I skip the rest period entirely.

People often randomly leave chicken eggs for me outside my gate (half breed fowl- like the 'my plymouth rock was humped by a red jungle fowl- lol).. I have a motion detector that alerts me when they drop them off. I assume they collect and deliver them in one go, so I don’t rest those either. So far, all the "gifted" (abandoned) eggs are developing just fine.

 

[MysteryChicken]

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

For Shipped Eggs 16-24 hours before placing in the on incubator.

Eggs from my flock go in almost immediately, unless I'm still gathering then probably 3-days to a week. Some eggs I add may be placed a couple days after the first ones.

 

[AninaFFF]

Thank you all for replying.
We went to fetch them ourselves and the drive was about 15mins.
Its been about 3hours now but I'm thinking of putting them in the incubator tonight.