How to store fertile eggs for hatching
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Maximise your chances of hatching lots of healthy baby chicks by storing your fertile eggs correctly, before you incubate them or put them under your broody hen.
Collect the eggs frequently, keep them clean and handle them gently.
Store them at a stable temperature, around 13°C (55 °F), although anywhere between 8°C (45°F) and 18°C (65°F) is probably ok. The longer you need to store them, the cooler you should aim for, but never below 4°C.
The ideal humidity is around 70%, or at any rate between 50% and 85%. This is usually not difficult to achieve.
A warmish fridge might be at the right temperature but the humidity will probably be too low.
Store them in a position that will encourage the air bubble to form in the large end of the egg. This is important because just before hatching, the chick will orient itself with its head towards the large end of the egg and it needs the air bubble to breathe before it breaks the shell.
Turn or tilt the eggs one way then the other each day during storage. See the video for an easy way to achieve this using a small and a large egg carton.
Don't seal it up tight - the eggs need some oxygen.
Shipped eggs need special care - pick them up from the courier depot if you can, rest them 12 - 24 hours before storage (even if they are a bit old), check for cracked shells. Shipped eggs might have air bubble deformities, which lower the hatch rate.
When it's time to set the eggs, bring them slowly up to room temperature before putting them in the incubator or under the broody hen. Set all the eggs at once.
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This video is the most helpful video I’ve found so far to help me with learning more about hatching! Thank you!
That's great! I have a whole playlist about hatching - it's my favourite thing to do 🙂
Awesome!
yeah me too, i feel like an expert now, haha
Love your videos. Your voice just makes me more calm and I learn more things about my birds
Oh, thanks so much 🙂
I am a fan of yours from now onwards.
Thank you for this session.
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Very informative!! Thank you for this valuable insight. I have been searching and your video did the job with the information I needed!! Thank you again.
Excellent! I'm glad it was useful 🙂 Good luck with your hatching.
Excellent the most informative video I have ever viewed . Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate your comments 🙂
Great video on preparing eggs for hatching , l feel like a kid again in school eagerly paying attention to every word my teacher was saying, I'm Subbing right now. Wow I wish everybody would explain things in this manner.
Thanks a bunch for opening my eyes to the weird and wonderful world of Chicken Eggs.
P.S. Were you ever a school teacher or a Documentary Producer because of the way you explain things, very Graphical and very detailed. Thanks again for making this 57 year old feel like a kid again and (now) a chicken expert.
I Love your teaching style.
Thank you so much. I love to share that wonder of discovery and understanding. Especially about chickens!
No I never was a teacher. I'm 69 and retired now but I was a medical scientist. But I think what comes through is more my passion for curiosity and a sizeable dose of scepticism - I'm not going to believe it unless I can understand it and/or prove it. And keeping chickens has given me lots of opportunities to discover and learn 🙂
Thank you for your time sharing this 👍
You're welcome. Good luck with your hatching 🐥🐥🐥🐥
I will be subscribing! I’m looking forward to learning more! Thanks again👍
Thank you so much, and welcome 🙂. I don't post new videos very often - about once a month - but do check out what I've already done.
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very informative!!
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Great information! Thanks for sharing.
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If you want to hatch eggs you should watch th his. She gets to the point ( dont drag it out with nonsense like so many u tube)
Teaches all important stages and why. In the end you know what. To do and why. Great u tube. Going to do. It - do it rig up t
Thank you so much. And good luck with your hatching 🙂
I've seen you hatch your own chicks and I was wondering what you do with the cockerels you don't plan to keep. Do you harvest them yourself or have someone else do it?
We don't eat our own chickens (or much meat at all actually). Some I have raised to maturity, maybe used for breeding myself and then sold to people who wanted them for breeding (that's an advantage in hatching pure bred chickens). A few I have culled myself and just composted. Most have gone to people who raise them to eating size and then harvest them. In those cases I am very particular that the birds will be well treated while they are alive and dispatched humanely. Once the bird is dead, I'm happy for him to be eaten - at least his life was not a waste.
very good video and info 👍👍👍
Thank you 🙂
Is this necessary to provide mist condition to eggs as they store in a jar or anything else
No, don't wet the eggshells.
@@chickensinmygarden thnx mam
@@chickensinmygarden mam what is the suitable day or time for candling of egg under broody hen?
About day 10 is good - it's easy to identify any that are not developing and you're unlikely to interrupt her broodiness.
Do it at night - she will stay on the other eggs while you reach under her.
Or do it in the day while she has got up to eat.
You can mark the eggs with a pencil so you know which eggs you have checked.
@@chickensinmygarden thanx mam for your golden words 👍
Hello dear.. My broody hen broke one of hers eggs and thus some eggs became dirty from the egg.. What shull i do?!
Just wipe off the wetness with a clean dry cloth or paper, then hope for the best
When i saw them it was dry and it is hard to clean...anyway I'll try again thank you very much ❤️
If it's already dry then just leave it. Don't wash it or wet it - that would be dangerous for the chick inside.
@@chickensinmygarden do i try cleaning it with dry cloth or even this is dangerous?
Dry cloth is good. It's the wetness that is dangerous
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Hii..my broody hen is pecking and attacking her chicks of only 3 days old...what shull i do?!
Some hens are good broodies but bad mothers. If she is really hurting them you will have to take them away from her and rear them yourself. But she might be just pecking them in order to train them. You will need to judge which it is. If a chick is injured by her you must save the others
The chick wad only eating like others when she pecked him but till now no one is injured
I have anothet broody hen only 1 day between both of them and she has no problem with adding them to her..I'm confused since even she pecked them they don't go to anyone other than her and she call them sometimes to eat but she is also pecking them to hard
Maybe just keep watching. Perhaps she thought he was getting too far away or something
Is she a first-time mother? If she has raised chicks successfully before you can probably trust her
As a student of an agricultural highschool, I found this very helpful. Thank you very much for the detailed videos!
Great to hear that. Do check out some of my other videos. I always try to present scientifically proven information supported by my own experience.
Thanks for the fabulous video on storage. I've been doing this for a while, and learned some new tips and tricks! You and your presentation are lovely!
Thank you 🙂 Much appreciated
The animated hen is too cute. Anyhow, this video is most helpful. Thank you for making this.
And Thank YOU for your kind comment. Have a great day 🙂
This was very helpful. I got my first hatching eggs in the mail recently. I have a broody hen. I transfered her to her own nest. All of this has been quite the new experience. Eep I didn't do some things right with the eggs. My room was at normal room temperature. But my hen accepted the eggs and her new nest so I'm now counting down. Very exciting.
That is very exciting! I hope it all goes well for you and your mama hen 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you. I have a video of the egg unboxing and will make an update on how it goes. Yes hope they hatch.
Oooh how did you go? I just bought eggs in the mail, but my broody duck was attacked by a predator and I'm nursing her back to health. I just ordered an incubator. Hopefully it arrives in time.
@@michelehemlokhexwhite4310 Oh my I'm sorry about your duck. I hope you can fix her up. It went well. I only kept one chick out of the five eggs. He's now my lead rooster. I have a video showing momma Ahab taking care of her chicks. She did great. I'm very behind on posting but loved incubating and will do it again next year. What incubator did you get? I got the Nurtureright 360. So fun when I found out you can get custom accessories for it.
A very simple yet informative video! Wish I had stumbled upon it much earlier!!
Do check out some of my other videos. I try to post helpful information 🙂
Hi, it's good to see you putting out new videos. For some reason I haven't been getting notifications for your channel. I checked my settings and it's set to all videos.
I had a bad case of chicken math the past few months and have upwards of 30 chickens. I still don't have all the breeds I want but I'm going to rein myself in and put the incubators away.
Thanks for the video, as usual very educational.
Thank you. RUclips notifications do seem to be a bit of a mystery.
How wonderful to have 30 chickens 🙂 I know what you mean about all the different breeds. I decided I just can't have them all AT ONCE so try to get one new breed each year
You actually answered all my questions and some unasked questions also.
Thank you once again.
you taught me that all those eggs i've been eating could be fertile and could be viable...i didn't know they'd keep...however...early spring temps in norther iowa is not condusive to viability once layed and the hen leaves the egg. not until june does the barn get up into the 80'
s and then, it's not near that, inside the barn...so...i'm winging it.
Love this. Also multiple hatch dates in one incubator is fine! Simply TAKE OUT 🥚 that are ready to 🛑🔁 stop turning and place them in a hatching box. Also easy to make from a tote!. HAPPY HATCHING 🐣
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Never knew specific Instructions for storing them.. just did as told with the dozen I've already collected while waiting for new incubator to arrive in a few days
Ooh, best of luck with the new incubator. I hope it hatches lots of healthy baby chicks for you 🙂
Just came across your video. I have been incubating my own fertile eggs off and on for about 3 years. I have about a 50% success rate. I live in East Texas USA. I start collecting fertile eggs mid to late August and begin incubation around Sept 1, which means the new pullets will be laying age in spring. I think my 50% success rate may be related to the temp in my house during the collecting/storage stage. The temp stays around 72 F during the day and around 69 F at night. I'm sure my refrigerator is too cold for storage. Do you have any suggestions or tips for keeping the eggs at 55-60 F without refrigerating? I don't have a basement and the temps outside are still in the lower 90's. Thanks
Hi there. I'm assuming you know that most of the eggs were fertile but never showed any development.
I will share with you one thing that I have done in a similar situation. I got a big chilly bin (insulated box, chiller, whatever is your word for it) and several empty plastic bottles about 2 litres (half gallon) size. I filled the bottles with water and put them in the fridge to cool. I put the chilly bin in the wardrobe (closet) in the spare room on the shady side of the house. If your house is air conditioned then any room would do. When all the water was chilled I put some of the bottles into the chilly bin. Then morning and night I swapped half of the bottles with bottles straight from the fridge. I had a recording thermometer in the chilly bin and was able to see what the temperature was and how much it fluctuated but you could kind of do this with an ordinary thermometer.
If you want to try something like this then test it out for several days without precious eggs, until you have a system that works in your closet.
Good luck. Oh and a 50% success rate isn't too terrible - I have had hatches worse than that (and of course better also). There are a lot of variables so just do your best and be happy with the chicks you get. 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden Thanks for the tip!
Thank you very much ❤️
You answered more than I can possibly ask.
It's very useful for every breeder.👍
Thank you. I do think it helps to understand the 'why' behind the rules. Understanding allows everyone to use whatever resources you have and best adapt and apply them to your own needs and circumstances.
Thank you very much for the video. Though I am only seeing the videos 3 years after production, I find them very helpful, simple to understand and containing the practical hits needed for successful hatching. Thank you
Thank you. Most of my videos remain relevant no matter when I made them. (Although I believe the editing and film quality has improved a bit 😄 )
Thank you for watching
Very helpful 👍
Thank you 🙂
Like 257! Hi my friend, another great informational video! I learned a lot from this video! Keep up the great work! Thank you for sharing my friend! Hope you have a great rest of the weekend! Take care and God bless! Animal Papa and Junior! 😎🐓❤️👍🙏
Thank you. You too 🙂
I always learn something from your videos. Thanks!
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Great video. Thank you!
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I thought this was the vegan lady at first 🤣
This video is the most helpful one in the youtube on this matter. Thank you very much. Love from Sri Lanka.
Greetings to you in Sri Lanka, and thank you for your compliment.
Best wishes for a successful hatch 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
Am short of words to explain your level of detail in your video, I have been searching and searching for such details - thanks and much love Dennis from Nigeria♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you 🙂 I always try in my videos to answer all the questions that I myself might have.
Do check out some of my other videos. Maybe they will be useful too.
Thanks for watching and commenting
Best regards from New Zealand
So im new to all this. Mine just layed four eggs today, so i collect them and store them inside until they hatch? Sorry very new to this 😢
This video is about how you store them while you are collecting enough for a batch to hatch.
In order to actually hatch them, you need either a broody hen or an incubator. Do you have either of those?
Plus of course the eggs must be fertile. Do you have a rooster?
It's very useful video, I've learned a lot from your video, Thanks
That's great to hear. Thank you 🙂
M'am. There are basically only two kinds of dogs. A dumb one. In town. And. A clever farm character. So. Before this presentation. Was I from town.
Many thanks. South Africa.
Thank you, and best wishes for a wonderful day 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden Respectfully. M'am!
wow. very useful information. thank you so much.
Thank you I appreciate your comment
I love your Videos Very informative and I look to you for advice b4 going anywhere! Love your work!!
Thank you so much 🙂
Fantastic information. Thank you very much!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden just got my eggs in the mail. Now I know exactly what I need and how to store them. Thanks again!
Best wishes for a successful hatch 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
@@chickensinmygarden thank you!
I set my eggs on the table for 4 maybe 5 days … it’s been 83 F here …. Hope I’m ok…. Not sure what the temp is inside my non AC house …. Call it shaded I guess !!!??
That is certainly much hotter than ideal. And especially if the temperature drops overnight.
But sometimes those chickens are surprisingly tough. (And other times not.)
If I had a choice I would not choose those eggs for hatching.
Do you have a cool store anywhere? Like a root cellar maybe?
@@chickensinmygarden thanks for your quick reply … I bought a dozen Maran eggs for hatching .., she told me to run40% humidity and I watched some videos that talked about the difference between dry hatch and wet hatch … next thing ya know 4 and half days slipped by …. One of the videos I watched said she usually puts her eggs on the counter for a eeek but she got some from a friend that were in a fridge and didn’t know it … 10 hatched out of 32 … here I go … hope my shade in the house is less heat than 80 …. ???
If those are all you have, then you have nothing to lose by trying.
I would suggest candling them at your first opportunity (when it's dark) so you know what they look like at the beginning.
Storing egg in a room temperature is ok? Or not?
Well of course that depends on what is the temperature of the "room" you have in mind 😀
Ideally you want a stable temperature i.e. that doesn't fluctuate a lot, at around 13°C (55°F). That's rather cool for an ordinary room but you might have a cool store room on the shady side of your house.
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There had to be one idiot for disliking the video , ignorant world we live in ! It’s a great video and a great help ! Thank you all your valid information! I’m a newbie so thank you so much ! God bless you !
Thank you. Even after all these years of keeping chickens I still learn new things too 🙂
Amazing info!
Thank you. And thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
I just store them in house at 74 degrees
That's a little warm but if it's a stable temperature and not for too long I'm sure you have great success.
thanks madam
Thank you for the science behind what we need to do. I plan on incubating eggs this weekend for the first time.
Oh how exciting! Incubating eggs and hatching chicks is an incredible thing to do 🙂
How did it go?
Best video on hatching how to ever!
Thank you so much! 🙂
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And my grandmother told me if I am getting my eggs from the coop "don't let the sun see the eggs " and I was wondering why. Thanks for answering me
Ah, those grandmothers! They don't always make it easy for us to share in their wisdom 🙂
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VERY HELP FULL REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE... GOOD WORK.. KEEP IT UP
Thank you 🙂 Do check out some of my other videos.
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I would firstly say thank you for posting this info. The internet can be a bothersome place at times. Many opinions from a global perspective can leave one more confused than not. For instance your stating to turn the eggs ONCE- seems contrary to the masses which vehemently say 3-5times a day. Or from the one YT channel who claims to “do everything wrong” but gets 100% hatch by only turning once in morning and once at night. The logic is based on observation of her hens which will be off the nest for at a minimum of 1 hour prior to returning and then only turns the egg only slightly. Not aggressively but slightly. I am a firm believer in duplicating what Mother Nature performs.I truly believe she does not make that many mistakes.
Thank you. To be clear, this video is about storing "eggs for hatching" that is prior to setting under a hen or in an incubator. It is not about how often to turn eggs once they are in the process of being incubated (under the hen or in the incubator).
I agree with you that often the best thing we can do is mimic Mother Nature as well as possible. But the YT you quote is clearly talking about what the hen does while she is brooding the eggs, not what happens before brooding starts. That might be where some of the confusion has arisen from.
(By the way, I don't believe a broody hen only moves the eggs when she is leaving or returning, but that's beside the point since it's about during incubation, not before incubation.)
I don't know for sure whether turning the eggs more than once a day while storing would be better than once a day, but I do know that once a day is the minimum required to keep the embryo from sticking to the internal membrane and once a day is convenient for the chicken keeper, so that's why I recommend it.
So, at the end of my burbled reply, are you even more confused? I hope not 🙂 I hope that has helped, but above all, my advice is to make the best decisions you can and hope Mother Nature will compensate for any imperfections.
Best wishes 🙂
Thank you for wonderful video 🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Thank you, for watching and for your compliment 🙂
Thank you for sharing this information with us! How long can the fertile eggs survive being rotated on a daily basis at the correct temperature and humidity?
Over time the viability of the eggs will drop, so the longer you store them the fewer will successfully hatch. Any longer than two weeks is very risky. Ideally only two or three days.
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and experience, this is really useful, please share more information
Thank you. I'm glad you found my channel and are finding my videos useful 🙂
What a lovely and really informative video! Thank you for sharing such good information with science to back it up! That is rare these days! Lots of good information here. Thank you.
Thank you very much ☺
Have a great day!
Hii... My 1 month old chick has flu and very tired (its type is Brahma).. What shull i do for it?!
Oh dear. If it's avian flu then you might have to euthanase her. At least keep her separate from the flock so they don't all catch it. And probably consult a vet.
Your video has been the most informative, straightforward, and simplest of all the videos I have watched on hatching fertile eggs. I will be attempting to hatch shipped on local sourced fertile eggs for the first time. Thank you 🐔
Oh how exciting! Good luck! 🐥🐥🐥🐥
Thanks for the info you have given me the info I didn't know. Hope to do as you have tout me, please continue . Thanks.
Good luck. I have several videos about hatching, do check them out 🙂
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hi. i was wanting your advice and cant see a contact option on your website so apologies for being off topic.
do you have experience with mites in the coop?
we are in central otago, recently discovered mite infestation.
using DE on coop and parts of yard and some onto more amenable chooks.
only been a week. big difference but still many present hiding in cracks.
wondering if persistence or permethrin is a best option?
have not really put DE into suspension spray, mostly just dust shaker.
Hi. Mites are a real bane! At least in Otago you should get some respite during winter as they slow down reproduction.
Personally I have not used DE but have gone for the chemical approach. Unfortunately even so, the mites seem to never quite get eradicated, or perhaps they keep being reintroduced by wild birds, since I let my chickens free range. I have found that many garden insecticides that are marketed for spiders or mites or scale insects are effective. It's even better to change between them so the mites don't get a chance to develop resistance.
I think that once you have the numbers quite low that DE might stop them developing into a major problem, but as I say I've never tried it. There seem to be some people who think it's wonderful and others who say never to use it.
I hope that's helpful 🙂
I have learned so much from this video. You do a wonderful presentation. ❤ thank you
Thank you so much🙂
Good luck with your hatching 🐥🐥🐥
Thank you so much for that very instructive video. The best yet.
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Very good information right to the points..
Thank you.. you got my 👍.
Thank YOU ! 🙂
Do you know how to make a hen really broody My hen sits on her eggs very properly but she shouts to come out after every two hours
No, not really. Does she go back to the eggs quickly? If so it might be ok.
Maybe she's not quite ready yet
Can cornish cross go broody and lay eggs and make chicks😄😄😯
The Cornish Cross is usually raised for meat rather than motherhood but she probably would as long as she remains healthy as she gets old enough
How long can you store your fertile eggs for?
Hi there. I cover this in my video about Selecting eggs for hatching.
ruclips.net/video/Ws2A7GL8esk/видео.html
The short answer is that between 1 and 7 days old is ideal, up to 2 weeks old and they have a lower chance of hatching but a good number should still hatch, anything older than 3 weeks is pretty much a dead loss.
Lot of my questions have been answered! Thank you!
Glad to help. Good luck with your hatching 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
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Great video! Tysm :)
Thank you 🙂
Thank you. A wonderful explanation indeed.
Thank you, for watching and for commenting 🙂
Helloo..can i separate chicks of 6 weeks old from their mother since i have 8 broody hens and i don't have enough space to all of them..
Yes, they can leave their mother. You should keep them in a group together but separate from the main adult flock.
@@chickensinmygarden okk dear thank you
Great info thanks 🙏🏼
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suspended animation will last for how many days? i use fridge with stable temperature and humidity. thanks
A week is very good. 10 days is ok. Two weeks is going to have some losses. Longer than that and you might get a few hatch but most won't.
If you haven't seen my previous video on selecting eggs - that one covers a bit more about the storage time
ruclips.net/video/Ws2A7GL8esk/видео.html
@@chickensinmygarden thank you..
Hello mam, is this necessary to store the 🥚 in the presence of oxygen or we can store the egg in air tight Jaar, for a week or more?? Are they remain fertile or not???
No, preferably not an airtight jar.
Even though it is small, there is still life inside the egg that needs oxygen from outside the shell.
Plus if you seal the egg up, the moist conditions encourage the growth of mould on the shell, and some moulds can penetrate the shell and kill the embryo.
@@chickensinmygarden 👍thnx mam
Hi.. Is there any problem if i changed my broody hen's place (the 2 places have different temperature )?!
She'll hatch after about 1 day from now
As long as she continues to brood on the eggs moving her is fine. I suggest doing it at night so she stays asleep.
@@chickensinmygarden okk thanks a lot
Heyy..what happen if my broody hen left her eggs( of 11 days old) for about 1 hour then sat on them?!
If the weather is not too cold they will probably be fine.
@@chickensinmygarden ok thank you dear..❤️
They have to
Thank you, that was a lot of helpful information
Thank you. It turned out to be a longer video than I had expected. I always like to understand the 'why' and not just follow some instructions without knowing.
Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome. I love to share anything about chickens, and people share with me too 🙂
Hello dear.. My 15 days old chicks are compressing their kneck( they are entering their neck between their shoulders and lowering their head down) although their health and activity is too good .. Do you know anything about this posture...?!
Any odd posture is usually a sign that the chicken is sick, but if they are all doing it the same then perhaps they are just cold? It sounds like they are hunching their shoulders up and fluffing out their feathers, is that right?
You should probably check for other signs of health/ sickness - is their poo normal? You say their health and activity is good so illness seems unlikely.
(If they are throwing their head backwards that is quite different)
@@chickensinmygarden yes that's it they are hunching their shoulders..thanks alot dear
Just one more thing to be sure what is their normal poo color?!
By 2 weeks their poo should be about the colour of their feed, just a little darker. Not bloody or too runny but soft
Very useful information. I have one question about how long does one have to wait after an egg is laid before beginning incubation?. You mentioned a 6 hour cool down. I am waiting with a batch of readies for tomorrow's eggs to begin the process. I lost my rooster yesterday along with a couple of layers to what I have not discovered yet. I am gathering up everything on hand including a dozen from the fridge and am hoping to start them tomorrow after I collect the eggs from the survivors. Thank you. I really enjoyed your video. Cheers.
I'm sorry to hear about your rooster.
The simplest rule of thumb is to rest the eggs at least a day before starting incubation - so eggs laid today can be set tomorrow.
Good luck 🙏
@@chickensinmygarden I also just lost my rooster and wonder how long can eggs be in the refrigerator and still be viable for hatching? And how do I let them rest without getting condensation before placing under my hen? Thank you for you help and for the great video!!
Unless you have a refrigerator that is not very cold and is also very humid (most refrigerators are cold and dry) then the refrigerator is not a good place for storing fertile eggs - they will get too cold and die. However, there have been cases where people have hatched chicks from eggs stored in the refrigerator - as I explained in this video.
In order to avoid condensation forming on the eggs when you warm them up you should warm them in a room with low humidity.
As for how long fertile eggs can remain fertile - as I explained in this video the viability decreases over time and quite sharply after two weeks.
So if you have eggs in your fridge that are cold and old, they have very little chance of hatching. But it's not impossible.
@@chickensinmygarden thank you for the reply! I'm gonna try, don't have anything to lose, I have a broody silkie at the moment so I'll put her to work😀
Exactly - nothing to lose, and at least you make your silkies happy 🙂
This helped thanks much love xoxox
Thank you 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden your welcome i just got a new incubator and i have been storing my eggs right thanks to you :)
Ready to get started
Thanks so much xoxox much love xoxox
Best wishes for a great hatch!
@@chickensinmygarden thanks:)
@@chickensinmygarden best lesson:) mark my eggs I'm putting a pencil with them now;)
I collected 12 and have a 9 egg incubator;)
Knowing what day I collected them would really help;)
Lesson learned much love xoxox
Another fantastic video! Thank you for all of the great work you put into your videos!
Thank you 🙂
As a first timer, this was really helpful. Thank you 😊
You're welcome. Good luck with your hatching 🙂