Aww! Don't give up! I've had terrible hatches before. They are heartbreaking but you end up learning a lot of from. And shipped eggs are really tough!!! Enjoy the precious babies you did get. Any pictures?
How is everyone's hatch going?
I was very surprised to see a pip on day 18 when I went to lockdown the eggs. She ended up hatching that evening and is perfectly healthy. I have no idea how that happened as my temp and humidity stayed very steady the whole hatch. The only thing I can think of...
Day 14 here!!!!! Candled all the eggs this morning and they are developing beautifully! I'm so happy with the fertility coming from my silkie pen. A friend of mine hatched some silkies from our breeding pen last week and they all did awesome. Not a single silkie egg was infertile or...
I've never tried buying off Ebay. Done all my buying of hatching eggs from the Buy-Sell-Trade forum here. I've had good results considering USPS's ability to scramble most everyone else's orders. I got what I needed to start breeding more of my own :-)
So when are everyone's hatch day
That's where I am right now as well. I'm just working with a Genesis 1588 for now. This round is mostly for a customer/friend but I put some silkies in for me as I'm trying to get a blue girl and later breeding for some splash. Of course I said I wouldn't be hatching any chicks for us this year...
I just set 35 egglets in my incubator this AM and I'm so excited. They're for a customer but I'm so excited to see what our own girls produce. We've hatched out a few of our own farm's eggs but this is the biggest clutch by far. In the incubator are BBS Marans, Lavender Orpingtons, B/W Silkies...