Texas

[tjo804]

I have a question
I have a couple of chickens I want to breed, but I am not wanting a staggered hatch. How do you store eggs pre incubation for one hatch

I keep the Ac at 80 F during the day but DH cannot deal with that during the evenings or weekends. So it goes to about 73 deg. however I have been told the eggs should be stored around 60 deg F . And the kitchen fridge is too cold.

All ideas welcome.

 

[Kiki]

I have a question
I have a couple of chickens I want to breed, but I am not wanting a staggered hatch. How do you store eggs pre incubation for one hatch

I keep the Ac at 80 F during the day but DH cannot deal with that during the evenings or weekends. So it goes to about 73 deg. however I have been told the eggs should be stored around 60 deg F . And the kitchen fridge is too cold.

All ideas welcome.

How many days are you talking about?
I see no problem with just leaving them on the kitchen counter for a while.

 

[007Sean]

X2 what @KikisGirls says, you don't want to hold them for more than 10 days, after that , fertility drops way off! Theoretically, they should be kept at 55°F but they will be ok, if it's not above 80°F. on the counter. Be sure to turn the eggs twice a day while storing.

 

[tjo804]

Thank you @KikisGirls and @007Sean

I was afraid they would go bad. DH keeps telling me it is too hot and the eggs will all spoil. He likes it to feel like it is fixin to snow any minute!

I appreciate your advice.

 

[janiedoe]

We have some black-bellied whistling ducks visiting our pond! I've never seen one before. I hope they hang around for a while.

 

[Kiki]

View attachment 1467574 We have some black-bellied whistling ducks visiting our pond! I've never seen one before. I hope they hang around for a while.

Awe.....he is very cute!

 

[MARSMOM]

Hello Everyone! I'm in a tiny town in East Texas between Livingston and Lufkin.

 

[MARSMOM]

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I love this post of yours yep I have major goals in life! OMG you can't even imagine the size of the Junebug on my porch! My wife took pictures of it, and I was afraid to touch it. This bug was dung beetle big. Wifey is sending my her pictures. I hope this bug is still around in the morning as one chicken will be happy!

We think this beast is a https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Rhinoceros-Beetle

After visiting wikipedia this thing is definately getting fed to the chicken:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_rhinoceros_beetle

We see these all the time in the East Texas woods. Our Chickens love them! We ran out of regular junebugs in April this year.

 

[AllenK RGV]

X2 what @KikisGirls says, you don't want to hold them for more than 10 days, after that , fertility drops way off! Theoretically, they should be kept at 55°F but they will be ok, if it's not above 80°F. on the counter. Be sure to turn the eggs twice a day while storing.

I must have missed the start of this thread but where can you find 55 degrees fahrenheit in Texas? I bet you can find a unicorn there too!
My fridge is set to 40F and outside it is currently 82F at 2AM.. https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KTXSANBE2

 

[janiedoe]

Hello Everyone! I'm in a tiny town in East Texas between Livingston and Lufkin.

Hi @MARSMOM, I am within 2 hours of your location. I hope that you enjoy BYC.