Did you ever hear back from him? I never did. The one chick I was able to hatch is doing nicely though. Have some hatching out right now from a different seller.
It's telling to me that I haven't had a single exploding egg aside from Jeff's....
The new eggs did not come from Jeff.
Of the many sources of info I utilized, the majority called the color cream or light brown. Even so, there were off white eggs (the only two that hatched were off white) along with very dark brown eggs.
One of my two hatchlings was born with wry...
I will have to back and look to know exactly, but it was about $45 for 8 eggs. They arrived this a.m. and were well packed, but a couple did have saddles. Still waiting for the original 2 eggs to pip - it's day 19 for them.
I forgot to mention that three of those eggs exploded too. I was...
I don't think it was the post office. Only two of my 14 eggs have made it to lockdown. I have an additional two that showed early development then quit, and ten eggs that never did anything at all. There were only a couple with air cells out of place, so that's not the reason either...
Did you put them in yet? Still waiting for mine. The seller never answered my post from 5 days ago requesting a ship date, so I am getting a little apprehensive.
If the feather is why you are going to the vet, I don't think you will need to by tomorrow. Just get a pair of pliers and yank it out. It's surprisingly easy. Or, you can use pliers to just pinch it off.
That was my first thought too - some sort of candid. Given the small size, I would guess fox. I don't think a fox would have any trouble getting on your grill. It's probably hungry and attracted by the lingering odor of food.