a friend told me that you can keep eggs in the frig. till you place them in an incubator. is that true? it just sounds to cold for me.
Most do not recommend refrigeration of hatching eggs. Date them in pencil, so you know you are setting freshest ones. Pack them in egg cartons and prop one end up, reversing ends once or twice a day. Cool place, without refrigeration, is best, but room temp for a few days is okay. CJR
we use a atuomatic turner to set the eggs in until we can set them. I would not set any eggs over 5 days of age. So space your hatches so you canset on the 5th or 6th day.
mother nature is a good place to look for answers to our questions-if an old hen makes a nest out under the rhubarb she usually set 10-12-14 eggs-that would take most hens 14 days or more-i think 14 days is just great --- stretching it to 21 is questionable but some of the older eggs will hatch-
Howdy
thank you for the time
By Cjeanr on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 - 12:22 am:
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By Rexulmer on Monday, June 5, 2000 - 09:59 pm:
A friend just hatched a batch of peeps for me, and they were from a friend who sells yard eggs. We asked her to set aside the eggs for us, unwashed, and we'd pick them up in a week.
They were washed, and stored a little warmer than the 68 degrees max that I've read about.
Out of 120 eggs set, 64 hatched, on days 18 AND 19!!!
The other problems were age of flock indications.
The point is that if stored slightly too warm, the egg will slowly begin to develop, and if not too old/stale, they will hatch early...this was the SECOND YEAR that this happened with eggs from the same flock.
Take care, and happy clucking!
rex in East Texas