Removing canary eggs from the nest

[elferoz777]

HI all,

Just wanting to know what everyone else does with their canary eggs when removing them?

I am curious as the where there is an ideal temp to store them at?

Can they be stored in a container full of seed?

Do they need turning?

And how long can they stay out for?

Just curious as I have decided to remove the first three eggs from one of my nests.

Normally I have left them and let the hens to their thing but having lost so many I though I would try something else.

Thanks for the advice

El Feroz

[Red]

Just wanting to know what everyone else does with their canary eggs when removing them?

I store them in a box under the bottom row of cages out of the sun.

I am curious as the where there is an ideal temp to store them at?

Any room temperature that is not hot and uncomfortable.

Can they be stored in a container full of seed?

I use a plastic tacklebox with an inch of seed in the bottom and air holes in the top.

Do they need turning?

Not unless you plan to store them for more than four days before incubation. In which case turn twice a day.

And how long can they stay out for?

I have never tried for delayed incubation for more than a week with canaries.

Good luck

Red

[Canary]

I do mainly the same as Red with 2 differences.

I keep my eggs on hessian in a tackle box, and I do turn the eggs everyday when I add the next egg laid, as I believe that the hen turns them every day in the nest.

Everyone does things a little different, but the results are pretty much the same.

[BlackCobra]

Yes make sure you turn the eggs a couple times a day.