Good to hear that success rate! A friend of mine had only 2 hatch out of 12 from shipped eggs and I have been worrying the whole time, I'm still worried something may go wrong in these last few day.
I'm so excited my stomach is in knots, ack!
I had 12 shipped Barnevelder eggs, 1 was a yolker and 2 had blood rings that I removed at day 14. The nine left all look good, I can see movement in all and the air cells are looking pretty close to where they should be. Considering what I have read about shipped eggs, this seems really good so far.
Now the HARD part.... sit and wait.
How is a person supposed to go to work when there are fluffybutts being born. Being employed is sooooo inconvenient!
Congrats!!!! I put off doing shipped eggs for two years because of chances of havinga bad hatch. I just finished my first shipped eggs almost 3 weeks ago. Some beautiful silkies and out of 14 that made it to lockdown, 12 hatched healthy! My supplier did awesome at collecting/storing and packing. Lockdown to first pip is the absolute worse....lol nail biting anticipation.
I have 1 in the bator that pipped at the wrong end but has a good sized whole, so I am going to let it be for awhile and just keep an eye on it. Two more eggs are just sitting there doing nothing. I'll get some pix later today. Right now all the babies are under the eco, so I cant get a good pic of them. I am so thankful that I got such a good result on shipped eggs!!
but they rest are doing awesome!!
Congratulations!Well the hatch is over. Started with 12 eggs, nine made it to lockdown. Seven hatched but one didnt make itbut they rest are doing awesome!!
