What temp to keep eggs while waiting to fill bator?

[greyartist]

I have 4 salmon fav hens that I want to hatch some eggs from. So as I save eggs to fill the bator, should I try to keep them warm? room temp? what? and how long can I wait before starting?

 

[poultrycrazy]

I am pretty sure room temp is prefered and you can colect them for a week then you should put them in the bator

 

[ADozenGirlz]

This article is very useful. "Temperature and humidity during storage—Fertile eggs should be stored at a dry bulb, normal temperature between 55 degrees F and 65 degrees F, or 13 degrees C and 18 degrees C. Embryos will begin to develop abnormally, weaken and die if the temperature is too high. A low temperature also causes high embryo mortality. Storage temperature should never exceed 72 degrees F (22 degrees C) and never go below 46 degrees F (8 degrees C). Egg storage at room temperature or at normal refrigerator temperatures (32 degrees F to 40 degrees F) is not acceptable because hatchability decreases."

http://gallus.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/b6092.pdf

 

[happydog]

Wow, I was just looking for the same info. I'm collecting daily and needed to know how to store them until I can start incubating. I have ding dong turkeys that apparently just drop eggs on the run and I'm finding random eggs in the mud beside their frozen water pan or wherever they happen to fall out.

Thanks for asking the question and thanks for the answers. And the link!