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  1. NNYchick

    Any advice for buying hatching eggs?

    😂 I thought I was the only one. I ended up ordering black Ameraucana bantam eggs off eBay as my birthday present to myself. They were pretty reasonable so I took a chance to experiment. These were the best shipped eggs I have ever received. She put them in a foam egg shipper, air pillows all...
  2. NNYchick

    Any advice for buying hatching eggs?

    They are not handled any differently than any other package sent in that way, chicks are sent live animal and that cost more. You can also purchase extra service call -Special Handling fragile. My postmaster and other postal workers I know from other areas explained that you can write what ever...
  3. NNYchick

    Any advice for buying hatching eggs?

    My biggest concern with shipped eggs in the summer is the heat during shipping, the back of those mail trucks are not air conditioned and can get very hot. It’s just me but I would not spend $200 a dozen for shipped eggs. Even if you did have a great hatch of 50% that’s over $30 a chick...
  4. NNYchick

    Any advice for buying hatching eggs?

    I would not buy shipped hatching eggs this time of year it’s too hot. Spring and fall are better times. Depending were you are fertility is going to be down too because of the heat, they breed less when it’s hot out. There is no way to determine fertility before incubation without opening the...
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