I appreciate the care that every breeder I have dealt with takes in packing
the eggs for shipping. I know that it's always a gamble to try hatching
shipped eggs.
I always email the breeders just to give them updates on what I had
hatch. I know that if it was me shipping eggs, I'd love to be...
If this 4th set doesn't hatch, I'm driving down to Ideal and picking up some
day old chicks! I'm finding that it's great to incubate, but I get very
disappointed when they don't develop, or even worse, don't hatch.
I've tried 3 sets of shipped eggs so far. The 4th set is in the incubator now.
Set 1 shipped from Virginia- 15 eggs shipped, 12 arrived uncracked
1 hatched, 1 died late day 18ish, the other 10 eggs were clear
Set 2 shipped from Oregon- 16 eggs arrived, none cracked,
5 hatched, 1 died...