Egg Storage

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When storing the eggs in the refrigerator, the following should be considered: • If the eggs will be stored between 1 to 4 days, the temperature should be 18 to 20 degrees Celcius. • If the eggs will be stores from 7 to 12 days, the temperature should be lowered and adjusted to 14 to 15 degrees Celcius. The refrigerator is the most common place to store eggs. After the pre-incubation stage, put the eggs in a clean area and have an electric fan directed to the eggs to avoid occurrence of sweating or condensation will be minimized. This process usually takes 2 hours. Some breeders would store the eggs in an air conditioned room. The advantages are: (1) it can store more eggs and (2) When it is time to incubate the eggs, there will be no sweating or condensation build up on the egg shells.