WWYD?

[gimmie birdies]

I have meyers eggs coming ( I know they have to set for a day after shipping,) I also have a neighbor who dropped off eggs today, should I let them rest in the mudroom till I get my other eggs and put them all together, or hatch separately, if I hatch separately the ones dropped off can go earlier. the dropped off ones are right from a farm, candled, not muddy but unwashed, I don't know how they were treated collected or any of that.

 

[sourland]

If it were me, I would set all eggs at the same time. I hate staggered hatches, and have held eggs far longer than most recommend and gotten high percentage hatches.

 

[Corbdee]

I agree. My past few hatches were very frustrating because I had two different sets of eggs set in at different times.

 

[gimmie birdies]

They are in the mudroom which is not as cold as a fridge, but not room temp, and they are in cardboard carton, with plastic very very loosely wrapped around. They may have to wait one week, but they are fresh.

 

[gimmie birdies]

These are the eggs my neighbor gave me, I may only set 12. The neighbor did say 6 roosters to 40 hens.