We have a Monday hatch which all birds hatch on Monday and are shipped Monday. Then a Tuesday/Wednesday hatch in which we ship all of the two day shipments Tuesday and one day shipments on Wednesday so ideally all shipments arrive on Thursday morning.
The birds Ideal has don’t lay any less. They are just being cautious with their projections so people don’t get high expectations and get one bird that doesn’t lay 366 eggs a year.