Which will arrive first?

[BorbQueen]

Playing the which will get here first game my new incubator or my first set of celadon coturnix eggs. Hopefully it's the incubator that should get here next Wednesday the eggs on Friday at the earliest.

 

[007Sean]

Playing the which will get here first game my new incubator or my first set of celadon coturnix eggs. Hopefully it's the incubator that should get here next Wednesday the eggs on Friday at the earliest.

You don't leave yourself much room for leeway!

 

[Nabiki]

Oh, I sure hope that the incubator works out of the box! Be prepared to run to a local store if there turns out to be something wrong with the incubator!

 

[AshVau22]

Depending on where you bought the eggs and the seller you could wait weeks for eggs. If it's eBay you can get a seller that sends them out the next day or 4 weeks later

 

[BorbQueen]

You don't leave yourself much room for leeway!

Wednesday the incubator i currently have should be empty also and the shipped eggs need to set of at least 24 hrs

 

[BorbQueen]

Oh, I sure hope that the incubator works out of the box! Be prepared to run to a local store if there turns out to be something wrong with the incubator!

I got 2 back up therameter/ hydrometers and the new one is the back up my faithful one should be empty and ready to go. I did buy from Ebay lol. I am hoping the timing works out.

 

[007Sean]

Wednesday the incubator i currently have should be empty also and the shipped eggs need to set of at least 24 hrs

That's another myth that got started by sellers of eggs. When the buyer complained about the eggs not hatching, the seller would ask them had they let the eggs 'rest' after shipping, (CYA)....If the egg is scrambled during shipping, no amount of 'resting' will help the egg to develop and hatch.
In fact, if you let the eggs rest and the temperatures were hot during shipping, the eggs have already started to incubate in the box! Letting them rest in a 72°F room for 24 hours will only help kill the embryos.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Thank you for debunking that myth! I always wondered about ‘letting them sit for 24 hours’ when they’ve been in transit a week already (time is not your friend), the air cell won’t magically reattach if it is mobile, and the genetic material is already damaged, what is the point? I get letting them warm to room temp for a couple hours so putting them in a warm incubator doesn’t completely shock them or cause cracks due to sudden changes in intra shell pressure (here in Siberia most eggs come cold!) but 24 hours? My last batch of saddled eggs I tossed immediately in the incubator (after the room temp adjustment period) and got the same hatch rate (25%, ugh) as I did on the previous batch of saddled which I was careful to let sit, incubated upright, hand turned…so I think it makes me feel like I’m doing something but doesn’t actually help the egg, the damage is done.

 

[007Sean]

Thank you for debunking that myth! I always wondered about ‘letting them sit for 24 hours’ when they’ve been in transit a week already (time is not your friend), the air cell won’t magically reattach if it is mobile, and the genetic material is already damaged, what is the point? I get letting them warm to room temp for a couple hours so putting them in a warm incubator doesn’t completely shock them or cause cracks due to sudden changes in intra shell pressure (here in Siberia most eggs come cold!) but 24 hours? My last batch of saddled eggs I tossed immediately in the incubator (after the room temp adjustment period) and got the same hatch rate (25%, ugh) as I did on the previous batch of saddled which I was careful to let sit, incubated upright, hand turned…so I think it makes me feel like I’m doing something but doesn’t actually help the egg, the damage is done.

That is correct! As I said, sellers are just (CYA) 'covering their a$$'. I'm surprised you had saddle eggs hatch, I never had a saddle egg hatch.
Here in South Texas, I put the eggs immediately into the incubator. It's usually already in the 90's here when I get eggs shipped, so I take no chances on them 'sitting' for 24 hours at room temp.

 

[BorbQueen]

Going in to lock down on the batch in the incubator today. Less stressed about there not being incubator space now.. so do you guys suggest I not let them rest and just put them right in?