They arrived!

Since you have two incubators it should be easy. I assumed you had only the one.
I have wondered how long to warm eggs also after taking them out of storage, couldn't find much info online, all it is mentioned is to warm them to room temperature slowly to avoid condensation building on them but room temperature can be anything from 20-35 degrees C and I couldn't find any info on how long.

But since you have 2 incutators you shouldn't have to worry about that, you set up both incubators to the right temperature, add the new eggs to the empty one and after 12 hours you can then transfer them so you start the incubation at the right temp and transfer once they are warm.
 
Since you have two incubators it should be easy. I assumed you had only the one.
I have wondered how long to warm eggs also after taking them out of storage, couldn't find much info online, all it is mentioned is to warm them to room temperature slowly to avoid condensation building on them but room temperature can be anything from 20-35 degrees C and I couldn't find any info on how long.

But since you have 2 incutators you shouldn't have to worry about that, you set up both incubators to the right temperature, add the new eggs to the empty one and after 12 hours you can then transfer them so you start the incubation at the right temp and transfer once they are warm.
Thanks for the info, that's what I'm doing now, they sat at room temperature for 24 hrs and then put in one of the incubators, once they are warmed up to incubator temperature I will transfer them to the other incubator that has the turner/rocker so that they don't upset the temperature- other than taking the top off for a minute or so, it should normalize fairly quick
 
I've never been a big fan of letting eggs settle.
It is true that jostling of eggs can have a negative impact on the blastoderm.
If there is a ruptured air cell, no amount of settling will repair the internal membrane and push all the air outside it. It will always be ruptured.
It doesn't have to warm for any specific length of time. It just needs to warm to incubation temperature slowly enough to prevent condensation.
Ideally an egg destined for hatching should only experience two temperature changes, one when it is laid and again when it is incubated. That's kind of like incubation has happened for millions of years. That isn't quite practical if buying eggs that will be shipped. We can't control temperature in transit.
Turning is most critical at the start of incubation in order to develop the extraembryonic membranes common to all birds, reptiles and mammals that help feed the embryo.
For that reason, I encourage turning and incubating the eggs as soon as possible. We know that the older an egg is at onset of incubation, the lower its viability is.

Keep in mind, if you bring an egg to near incubation temperature, cell division in the blastoderm will happen whether you are turning or not. Anything the brings the internal egg temperature over 84F/29C will start cell division and the sooner you can get it to 99.5F/37.5C and start frequent turning, the better chance the embryo has of coming to term and breaking free. So once your eggs are at that threshold, keep heating to incubation temp.
Cold is much less damaging to developing embryos than heat.
 
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