because a variety of things can damage eggs when shipped it is best to order atleast 12.. that way you will hopefully end up with 3-4 hatching. Be sure to read the hatching 101 shipped egg protocol: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
ask the breeder to clearly label the box...
HELP!!!!. I am completely grossed out! My new Roo seemed to have a bit of a poofy eye... so I was doing eye drops. Ran out so today I switched to an antibiotic ointment. Well I had to pull his eye lid open wide to do ointment. .. and [gag] there seems to be a maggot embedded in the tissue under...
Hi, can you go to basics for me on fibromelanism. Is it a recessive gene? More than one gene? co dominant?
I was thinking that is was a combination of genes because of the partial and incomplete phenotypes you see; ie, a rooster with a partially black comb....
Hi, so I have a question that no one, not even a vet, has been able to answer for me. How is it that the chicken doesn't die from shock/pain? Do they have less nerve endings to process pain than mammals?
OK, so I definitely have a saddle shaped air cell. trying not to freak out...
but just incase someone is reading this post you can go to the tutorial section and get so much help for hatching.. this is what I found on saddle shaped air cells:
SHIPPED EGGS & Malpositions!
SADDLE SHAPED AIR CELLS...
Hi, I have one little solo Serama egg in my bator. It is due to hatch on the 11th of Sept. The embryo is obviously alive in it. This was a shipped egg. The aircells were scrambled when I got them. I followed protocol for shipped eggs. However now the air cell is really weird. It is oblong...