I purchased hatching eggs from someone that has a very "sought after" line due to egg color. I ordered a half dozen because that was the max amount you could purchase. All 6 hatched and all of them have fused toes. A couple only had it on one foot but the others have it on both. I cut them early...
I had a shipment of Welsummers eggs, a majority of the air cells were detached so they were upright the first week of incubation. We are about to go into lockdown and I can see movement in all of the eggs but half of them seem to have a wiggly air cell still like you can see it giggle some. It...
In the past month I have received/still waiting on 3 orders of hatching eggs. One took over a week to arrive (USPS) with broken eggs upon arrival, the other took 5 days and I paid 2nd Day Air through UPS, and the last one was supposed to arrive on 4/7 and hoping it gets here by 4/11 (USPS)...
I have never had a shrink wrapped chick until this hatch, and there was no denying that this chick was shrink wrapped. I helped but tried not to overdo it. It was set up like concrete inside the egg. I felt like I got most the hard sticky membrane off of it last night but left him still half way...
The first time I hatched shipped eggs I had 100% hatch rate on 18 eggs. I truly believe it was beginners luck because I did NOTHING right. I didn't allow them to sit 24 hrs, my humidity was high, and I messed with them way too much (candling almost everyday ha ha). Obviously the next batch I...
I bought her as a chick last spring from a friend. She may be a barnyard mix but I’m not entirely sure. She lays large tan eggs, I’ll attach a pic. She is the sweetest. We call her Delphina 😉
Please share some of your “best advice/tips” for hatching out shipped eggs.
I hatched out my first batch of shipped eggs last summer and got 12/14 (silkies). It was my fist time ever hatching eggs so I was completely shocked. A few months later I hatched out a batch of Wyandottes and only had...