eggs

[bird man of meath]

how long can you keep eggs in the house be fore hen has to sit them.  still looking 4 club and to sort out rings.

help please.

[Guest joshdonlan]

Id say between 3-5 days???

[Wiley]

ive tooken eggs away for about 12 days with success kept in a box and turned everyday

[sammy]

kept one outside for a month, took it from nest as soon as laid and it still hatched out and never ever got turned and took a second club lancaster yb with it as well  

[Novice]

Storage of eggs for hatching is best done at cooler temperatures.

They should be turned at least once daily---more often if you have a routine which allows this.

[Peckedhen]

Does the OP mean to put them back under the hen that laid them?  Will they sit on the eggs though if they are taken away so long?  Would they know they are theirs? :-/  

[philsreturn]

Will they sit on the eggs though if they are taken away so long?  Would they know they are theirs? :-/

 

The sitting instinct will be gone very quickly after 2 or 3 days.

The eggs  can be kept for a longer period than mentioned here under the right conditions.

But why keep them ? are they from a good pair of breeders

 

 

[Novice]

 

The sitting instinct will be gone very quickly after 2 or 3 days.

The eggs  can be kept for a longer period than mentioned here under the right conditions.

But why keep them ? are they from a good pair of breeders

 

 

I assume that they are being kept till a pair of feeders is available to incubate them. I also assume they are from stock birds which he would like to breed as many youngsters from as possible.

[Peckedhen]

C'mon bird man of meath, what do you intend to do with the eggs?

[Roland]

Weeks and weeks... if never sat up on.

[Sajfos]

They keep over Winter if removed immediately the Hen lays (dont wait for second egg) , place in egg crate & turn daily ..store in cold place such as a fridge etc .

[Roland]

They keep over Winter if removed immediately the Hen lays (dont wait for second egg) , place in egg crate & turn daily ..store in cold place such as a fridge etc .

 

100% right mucker.

[bird man of meath]

C'mon bird man of meath, what do you intend to do with the eggs?

 

hen from miller gold cup winner/king cup winner ( grandaughter ) and only starting up and need all the young i breed still to join club and sort out rings. thanks for all your advise

[Sajfos]

About twenty Years ago I was holding Stock Birds for a Fancier Friend prior to His Entire Clearance Sale, these were left together and laid eggs around October time , these were removed in the manner quoted earlier & kept in the Loft over Winter (bitterly cold), from 12 eggs I think I hatched 10 under feeders in the following February, these raced their hearts out for Me with One Cock winning 5 Open Races , many Club wins & 2 x1st Fed before being killed by a Hawk in front of My eyes !!

 

Hope You have success in Your experiment bird man .

[Sajfos]

About twenty Years ago I was holding Stock Birds for a Fancier Friend prior to His Entire Clearance Sale, these were left together and laid eggs around October time , these were removed in the manner quoted earlier & kept in the Loft over Winter (bitterly cold), from 12 eggs I think I hatched 10 under feeders in the following February, these raced their hearts out for Me with One Cock winning 5 Open Races , many Club wins & 2 x1st Fed before being killed by a Hawk in front of My eyes !!

 

Hope You have success in Your experiment bird man .

[pjc]

Bird man, if you are trying to get as many as you can from a hen then you would be best to let her lay, move 1st round to feeders, let her sit and hatch 2nd round, when she lays 3rd round move them again to feeders and let her sit next round etc. This way you will easily get 5/6 rounds from her in 1 season but doing this will reduce the breeding life of the hen as they only carry a limited amount of eggs and oncw they are gone they are gone.

Eggs can easily be stored for weeks as has been said above so its best to pair your stock up a few days before you pair your feeders so that the feeders are laying after the stock to enable you to put the collected eggs under them.

 

Phil