Looks like Sugar has a twin, and quite possibly a full sibling! This is Cotton! She is from the same seller as your girl. :) She is the only one that hatched from the first round of shipped eggs.
From the second round of eggs from the seller, we got 4 chicks--two that look like mottled...
That might help. I'm in Ohio, and the farthest away I've had eggs shipped is Tennessee. I do think that the closer they are to their destination, the better they fare.
Just wanted to update. The seller did honor their guarantee! They said they might not be able to ship until next week, but I'm fine with that! Hopefully we'll get a better hatch rate this time. :fl
Yep, that's them. One egg was clear, 4 died at some point in development, and two made it to lock down. One adorable little white chick hatched. The other egg died late. :( I don't think it can be blamed on my incubator, or my methods, because I had other shipped eggs that had a much better...
Were they eggs from Ebay? I bought some barnyard mix bantam eggs from a seller on Ebay who also guarantees a 50% hatch rate. I bought 6 and received 7. Only two made it to lock down, and only one hatched. I contacted the seller about the 50% hatching guarantee a couple days ago, and haven't...