storing ertile eggs

[QuailCo Eggs]

Obviously there was a huge brain fart on my part when I wrote this years back. but I want to restate my act and observations as to make it more clear.

JJSS89 was making a Joke (ha).

What I meant to say was:
I have stored eggs up to 20 days in the house under the cool AC as well as left clutches of eggs in the nest to accumulate for nearly 20 days before collecting them without any drop offs in fertility. 92-96% hatched.

If you use common sense and think about it....., the hen lays one egg a day and does not sit the eggs until she has a good clutch 12-18 eggs....ummm that is 12-18 days later in the wild and the hen simply goes to the nest drops and egg and then goes about her busy day of eating until she has a nice be pile of eggs.
Then she sits and incubate the eggs for 22 days  So if a hen can store eggs in the wild for 12-18 days, it should not be a revelation that a human can store eggs a little longer in a cooler indoor climate.

The main thing is to keep the eggs from drying out and rotate them so the yolks don't settle.
AC pulls the moisture from the air and will dry out the eggs quicker, so its best to have some way to help keep them from drying out. Damp rag, mist spray bottle, etc

I agree with BobDBirdDog. I also did a test. I waited until two individual nests had 13 eggs (26 total) and then put them in an incubator. I call it beginners luck but I had a 100% hatch.



Chad

 

[BobDBirdDog]

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Thats a dang good hatch and worthy of bragging rights.