100% hatch rate on shipped eggs!

[MinxFox]

Aww darn I was hoping the Javas were from Florida. I will have to see how close Springhill is to me. I always like finding people nearby that have peafowl. Thank you!

 

[EyeKeyYou]

I bought eggs from Springhill and have shipped eggs with same results 90-100% hatches. I think they key to shipped eggs is getting someone with enough hens (Springhill has tons) that all eggs are less than 24 hrs old when they get to the post office. Eggs remain viable 7 days but that is at 60deg. In my experience each day at 70deg or above can count as double or triple.

 

[ShaylaFox]

that is AMAZING!!

 

[DylansMom]

I bought eggs from Springhill and have shipped eggs with same results 90-100% hatches. I think they key to shipped eggs is getting someone with enough hens (Springhill has tons) that all eggs are less than 24 hrs old when they get to the post office. Eggs remain viable 7 days but that is at 60deg. In my experience each day at 70deg or above can count as double or triple.

Who told you eggs remain viable 7 days? I can attest that most of the eggs I set are 10-12 days old and they are still as viable as the ones that are under 7 days old. I think casportpony hatched one that was 26 days old when set. Now these are not shipped eggs, however one batch of shipped ones that I set contained half older and half newer eggs and the older eggs were the ones that developed.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Actually a lot of places advise not to use eggs beyond day 7.

I rarely have an egg over 10 days hatch.

UC Davis says to store no more than one week.
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs33.htm


A Dutch study showed that eggs stored more than 2 days have reduced hatchability. 0.2% loss each day up to 7 days. Beyond 7 days loss of hatchability increases to 0.5% each day.
http://www.pasreform.com/brochures/28-publications/523-academy-2012.html

This is a quote from the PoultrySite

"Hatchability holds reasonably well up to seven days, but declines rapidly afterward. Therefore, do not store eggs more than 7 days before incubating. After 3 weeks of storage, hatchability drops to almost zero. Plan ahead and have a regular hatching schedule to avoid storage problems and reduced hatches."

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/166/care-and-incubation-of-hatching-eggs

This is from Brinsea

Time in Storage
It is generally considered that eggs should not be kept for more than 7 days prior to incubation. Beyond this time chances of hatchability decrease considerably. Vitamins decay and membranes breakdown in time and so the embryo can often suffer early mortality.

http://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/EggStorage.aspx

 

[DylansMom]

Actually a lot of places advise not to use eggs beyond day 7.

I rarely have an egg over 10 days hatch.

UC Davis says to store no more than one week.
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs33.htm


A Dutch study showed that eggs stored more than 2 days have reduced hatchability. 0.2% loss each day up to 7 days. Beyond 7 days loss of hatchability increases to 0.5% each day.
http://www.pasreform.com/brochures/28-publications/523-academy-2012.html

This is a quote from the PoultrySite

"Hatchability holds reasonably well up to seven days, but declines rapidly afterward. Therefore, do not store eggs more than 7 days before incubating. After 3 weeks of storage, hatchability drops to almost zero. Plan ahead and have a regular hatching schedule to avoid storage problems and reduced hatches."

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/166/care-and-incubation-of-hatching-eggs

This is from Brinsea

Time in Storage
It is generally considered that eggs should not be kept for more than 7 days prior to incubation. Beyond this time chances of hatchability decrease considerably. Vitamins decay and membranes breakdown in time and so the embryo can often suffer early mortality.

http://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/EggStorage.aspx

Are these Chicken or Peacock eggs they are talking about? Because we are in the Peafowl section and I assumed we were therefore discussing Peafowl eggs. The OP of this thread was certainly discussing Peafowl eggs. Peahens do not lay everyday like Chicken hens do, they will lay every other day and in my experience sometimes every third day. They will not sit on a clutch until they have finished laying usually 5-8 eggs, so the first eggs are generally 10-20 days old when they start to sit, and the hens do not seem to have a problem with viability. Perhaps Pea eggs have a somewhat longer "shelf life" than Chicken eggs do.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

The last 2 eggs for this season were 16 days old when i start incubating them, one died early and the second one is developing.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Are these Chicken or Peacock eggs they are talking about? Because we are in the Peafowl section and I assumed we were therefore discussing Peafowl eggs. The OP of this thread was certainly discussing Peafowl eggs. Peahens do not lay everyday like Chicken hens do, they will lay every other day and in my experience sometimes every third day. They will not sit on a clutch until they have finished laying usually 5-8 eggs, so the first eggs are generally 10-20 days old when they start to sit, and the hens do not seem to have a problem with viability. Perhaps Pea eggs have a somewhat longer "shelf life" than Chicken eggs do.

Sorry about that.

It said store chicken, pheasant, duck, goose and quail eggs no longer than one week; turkey and partridge eggs no longer than two weeks. It didn't mention peafowl so I stand corrected.

 

[DylansMom]

Sorry about that.

It said store chicken, pheasant, duck, goose and quail eggs no longer than one week; turkey and partridge eggs no longer than two weeks. It didn't mention peafowl so I stand corrected.

No problem,

I just didn't want people to mistakenly throw out perfectly good Pea eggs!

 

[zazouse]

I have a guinea that layed 19 eggs and every single one hatched and i have a rowen duck that layed 19 eggs and 17 hatched , my muscovey hen hatched out 14 eggs a couple months ago not sure how many she layed as soon as she left the nest my dogs took the remaining eggs so i don't know where this 7 day theory comes from but it is not the case here, heck it takes my peahens over a week to lay a clutch of 4 to 5 eggs and they all hatch so it is not the norm for my peahens either.