100% hatch rate on shipped eggs!

[casportpony]

I think they get here in one day because I'm so close to San Jose Airport, but that's just a guess.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

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When set or when shipped? If when set that is what I am hoping new people understand 24-48hrs old at shipping plus transit = 4-5 day old at placing in incubator. I have spent thousands of dollars on shipped eggs and felt like a fool because I could only hatch 30% then I realized it was all due to my buying and not incubating practices I bumped my percentage to 70% average on shipped eggs by sticking to what I have stated with several 100% hatches from Springhill. I am not trying to attack anyone I am trying to help the poor soul that saw 100% hatch and feels stupid because he got 0 from eggs 10 days old (been there done that). I now have 30 laying pea hens that I love never ship an egg over 24 hrs old an referrals from satisfied customers.

Kathy I would like to thank you on all your posts. Your dosing and research have helped me and my friends save many peachicks.

With 30 hens why would you have to buy eggs? are the IB's something new in your flocks? what colors do you have already, someone here might need some eggs next year

I had a dozen hens laying this season and i still could not guarantee eggs under 2 days cause they all layed on different days, i only sold in increments of 4 or more and it usually took a couple days to fill an order, shipped or otherwise especially if they waited eggs from a particular color or pattern.

I gave away all my shipped eggs this year many were shipped the morning after they were layed, none of them hatched , they were shipped 2 day priority anywhere from 300 to over 1000 miles arrived in tack but the boxes were messed up on 2 orders .

 

[zazouse]

How did you do it? I have paid for expedited shipping and USPS still managed 3 days. Priority arrived sooner. Only thing I have ever received in 24 hrs was a pair of blue and white splotchy turkeys (pied peafowl) according to my postmaster.

Those eggs most likely flown straight to the area the mail hub was, very little stopping or handling, the tracking number could tell how many times they stopped, every time they stopped the get handled everytime they get handled they get flipped for the bar code scan then toss,slid,thrown to the area where they would be placed in the truck and then to the next stop to be picked up , then repeat till they get to their destination.

 

[Cindysid]

Just out of curiosity, I wonder if any of the OP's shipped eggs were dated. @Cindysid can you help us out at all here? Did any of your shipped eggs come with laid dates on them? I put it on mine, but I know many people do not.

None of the eggs were dated, but I assume they were pretty fresh when they were shipped.

 

[Cindysid]

So far so good. The three black shoulder eggs hatched this morning. One of the chicks looks a little weak though. I am dosing with vitamins and hoping he will straighten out. Now I am just waiting on the Javas. Today is day 24 for them. Since the IB's and BS hatched on day 26, I'm wondering when these will hatch. The Javas are supposed to be a couple of days faster. Oh, and by the way I want to make it very clear that this is my first 100% hatch...with anything. I had 18 turkey eggs earlier this year and NONE of them hatched, and my peas were averaging about 40%. One thing I've done different with this hatch is lots of candling and no temperature adjustment. I didn't freak if it spiked a little or if the temp dropped a little. I just relaxed and went with it. Also, no hydrometer. I regulated humidity according to the air pocket size. I'm not saying that it was anything that I did that caused them all to hatch, and it will probably never happen again! Also as a side note I wanted to tell you about my refrigerated chicken eggs that I hatched. My neighbor dropped off some eggs for me to hatch and my hubby mistakenly put them in the fridge. I didn't realize it until about a week later. I set them and 8 out of 12 hatched. Go figure.

 

[EyeKeyYou]

With 30 hens why would you have to buy eggs? are the IB's something new in your flocks? what colors do you have already, someone here might need some eggs next year 

I had a dozen hens laying this season and i still could not guarantee eggs under 2 days cause they all layed on different days, i only sold in increments of 4 or more and it usually took a couple days to fill an order, shipped or otherwise especially if they waited eggs from a particular color or pattern.

I gave away all my shipped eggs this year many were shipped the morning after they were layed, none of them hatched , they were shipped 2 day priority anywhere from 300 to over 1000 miles arrived in tack but the boxes were messed up on 2 orders .

I want a good gene pool of Spaulding purple black shoulder silver pied. Have 1 male and multiple females of this and everything else is a byproduct that I seem to have grown attached to. I don't really like IB but how can you get rid of a hen that comes when you call her or Java (high percent though I doubt pure) that got cross shipped by a seller. Also a group of blue pied that must be split everything because I get cameo pieds as well as black shoulder pieds.
The referrals are much easier to ship as they have no time constraints are flexible on colors and a few pick up so eggs left over after 24 hrs I either hatch myself or I use them for pickups .

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Okay, i'm not saying anyone here would do this, but what's to stop an egg seller from marking their eggs with a false date or selling eggs that they know aren't fertile?

-Kathy

No one in my country will sell peafowl eggs because of this, in fact many people here are trying to prevent selling hatching eggs in all kind of birds because it will cause many problems between the buyer and the seller if something goes wrong. And at some point they are right, even if some eggs hatched, what if you got javas eggs and discovered 6 months later they were just spaldings?! the field of deception is opened, you will never guarantee that you will not get tricked. I remember once i bought 30 chicken hatching eggs, they were cheap not expensive at all, after two weeks of incubating they were all clears!!! And thats why i will never sell hatching eggs except for my friends or the people i know.

 

[zazouse]

I want a good gene pool of Spaulding purple black shoulder silver pied. Have 1 male and multiple females of this and everything else is a byproduct that I seem to have grown attached to. I don't really like IB but how can you get rid of a hen that comes when you call her or Java (high percent though I doubt pure) that got cross shipped by a seller. Also a group of blue pied that must be split everything because I get cameo pieds as well as black shoulder pieds.
The referrals are much easier to ship as they have no time constraints are flexible on colors and a few pick up so eggs left over after 24 hrs I either hatch myself or I use them for pickups .

Photos please

 

[DylansMom]

I think they get here in one day because I'm so close to San Jose Airport, but that's just a guess.

-Kathy

Those eggs most likely flown straight to the area the mail hub was, very little stopping or handling, the tracking number could tell how many times they stopped, every time they stopped the get handled everytime they get handled they get flipped for the bar code scan then toss,slid,thrown to the area where they would be placed in the truck and then to the next stop to be picked up , then repeat till they get to their destination.

I checked the tracking and they went from my PO to Harrisburg, PA, then to San Jose, and then on to Kathy's PO, so not many stops along the way. Kathy, being close to the airport may be a big plus for you with any shipped eggs, not just mine.

 

[casportpony]

Did you all know that people buy eggs from Trader Joe's and hatch them? Bunch of people on the Nor Cal thread do this.

-Kathy