Resting quail eggs after transport

[AMBER QUAIL]

I personally don’t rest my eggs at all but always get a good hatch I don’t actually know why your supposed to rest them can anyone tell me why you should and if it’s absolutely vital that you do ? Many thanks

 

[Kiki]

I don't rest my quail eggs either...they go straight into the incubator.


How often do you turn your eggs?

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[R2elk]

I personally don’t rest my eggs at all but always get a good hatch I don’t actually know why your supposed to rest them can anyone tell me why you should and if it’s absolutely vital that you do ? Many thanks

Many believe that it improves the hatchability to allow shipped eggs to rest before setting them. I have followed all of the recommendations for shipped eggs, resting them, not turning them for x number of days and also putting them in the incubator (as soon as they are warmed up) and starting the turner immediately. I found no improvement in hatchability from any of the methods other than gaining a few more hatches by starting incubation right away. I attribute these few gains to eggs that may have already started incubation because of possibly being kept too warm during shipment.

As far as I can tell, bigger eggs are more susceptible to shipping damage than are smaller eggs like quail eggs.

Kiki is not the only one that sets her eggs right away.