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If my hen lays a fertilized egg and I find it cool (temp wise) can it still be incubated?

I got my silkie rooster a silkie hen and they mate all the time so I know the egg is fertilized. I have had her two days and have gotten an egg everyday since we picked her up. So in this scenario, I go outside to their coop/run and find an egg. I touch it and it is cool so I run it inside and stick it in the nice, warm incubator. Will it hatch or does it have to be still warm from where a chicken has just layed it? I don't have the incubator yet, and am waiting until Christmas to ask for one (I'm 14) And the model I am wanting hold 70 chicken eggs and is 150 dollars. I only have one pair of silkies but am hoping to branch out and add more to my poultry family :) Thanks for the advice! I will pick best answer!

Public Comments

1. Eh depends how long it's been sitting there. Eggs are pretty fragile to temperature, but hopefully the hen hasn't been leaving it on its own too long. You could try it, but I wouldn't count on it hatching.