How long should you let shipped eggs rest before incubating

I let them rest until they are room temperature then I put them in the incubator but dont plug in the turner for 2-3 days to let the aircells settle.
5/7 hatched first hatch this year...1 egg was blood ring at day 4..1 broken during shipping
10/13 hatched second hatch...1 infertile...1 blood ring day 4....1 pipped upsidedown while I was napping during hatch and I missed it.
current hatch 5/6 developing....1 never developed others look great at day 18
Works so far with shipped eggs for me.
 
OK, why do you let them rest? Last batch I just put them right in...did I do wrong? Only got 3 to hatch of the 12, but they were a day early (20 days instead of 21) and they took 3 days to ship from FLA. Must have gotten warm during shipping?
 
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, but I have a question on shipping eggs, I read a peice today where a guy says wrapping eggs in bubble wrap will kill the egg, because of no air. I see where everyone does this so I'm thinking maybe he's wrong but it makes sense too, so just wondering what your thoughts were?? Thanks
 
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Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, but I have a question on shipping eggs, I read a peice today where a guy says wrapping eggs in bubble wrap will kill the egg, because of no air. I see where everyone does this so I'm thinking maybe he's wrong but it makes sense too, so just wondering what your thoughts were?? Thanks

Many of the shipped eggs I've bought were wrapped in bubble wrap, and they've hatched out to some degree or other, so it can't be a sure killer. Is there the possibility that it contributes somehow to reduced hatches by altering the natural exchange of gases between the egg and atmosphere? = sure, that is certainly a possibility. Whether or not anyone has researched and quantified this in a scientific manner is hard to say.

OTOH, bubble wrap is definitely one of the better packaging materials for preventing breakage in shipping -- a broken egg definitely won't hatch.​
 
I put the egg in the incubator when I get them and just let the eggs come up to temperature but don't turn on the turner until the next day. Just my opinion.
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