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[prariechiken]

As cold as we are getting with this current arctic blast moving over the US I would suggest omelets... Even if you tried collecting them to save for hatching, the extreme temps would be pretty hard on the eggs viability, that is assuming your pen setup isn't heated .

 

[Bushmansbliss]

I've been collecting them and marking like you suggest, how long will the eggs stay viable at ~60 degrees (Or is there a better temp I should aim for) I know Asil are tough but will chicks do ok in winter, its only going to be getting colder here.

 

[Bushmansbliss]

Thanks prairechiken, I've read a bunch of your posts and you seem to have the know how.

I just hope they lay in the spring and their not just blowing their load now.

 

[Bushmansbliss]

And your avatar pic is a truly amazing looking bird.

 

[prariechiken]

Two years ago I had an asil hen start laying in late November/early December. I left the eggs in the pen and she went broody. A couple days after Christmas she hatched out 7 chicks. She then proceeded to raise all 7, not losing any. It is really amazing the will of life to reproduce and pass genetics on to the next generation.

If saving eggs, I think there is a formula somewhere on the inet that shows the depreciating factor of eggs kept for hatching and their viability over time. Do you have a light in their pen? This can tend to push the girls to lay early.

 

[maranfarmer563]

I save and ship eggs. I leave gulf balls inthe nest. I keep in tilled egg cartons fat end up. I alternate each end of carton up for up to a week at 60 degrees.

 

[hildar]

I don't know how long is the longest you should keep them. I do know we hatched out by accident a leghorn egg that was over 60 days old. However I have heard different stories on that. Some folks say nothing over 10 days old, and then 1 lady told me she hatched out some eggs from a hen that were over 40 days old and she still got 90% hatching rate. Mine are kept at room temperature, I don't refrigerate any eggs. I also read a mans story about how he hatched out an egg that was over 3 months old, so I guess it's just luck.

 

[maranfarmer563]

I don't ship eggs over a week old. I've hatched 3 week old eggs for my own use.

 

[Alex435148]

just dubbed this stag.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Looks sharp silhouette