In the form of two apparently healthy Partridge Rock bantams.
We received nine eggs after winning them on Ebay and I immediately got a bit concerned when we opened them and found almost all soiled with dried droppings. There was more than I thought reasonable and it made me wonder how quickly they had been collected. Then at first candling we found two clears and one blood ring and pulled them, and some scrambled air cells that added to our worry. Second candling showed three quitters that had to come out, two that looked good and one questionable. Third candling on day 18 showed the questionable egg was bad too, so we went to hatching with just two left. Crossed our fingers and waited. Right on schedule, one pipped on the morning of day 21 and it hatched without problems right in the middle of the day. Second one pipped a little after that, and popped out on the morning of day 22.
I realize that others have had much better experiences with Ebay eggs, but given this ordeal with our first try with them I'm not sure we'll be trying again anytime soon. Would have definitely gone through this message board if this type of egg had been available.
We received nine eggs after winning them on Ebay and I immediately got a bit concerned when we opened them and found almost all soiled with dried droppings. There was more than I thought reasonable and it made me wonder how quickly they had been collected. Then at first candling we found two clears and one blood ring and pulled them, and some scrambled air cells that added to our worry. Second candling showed three quitters that had to come out, two that looked good and one questionable. Third candling on day 18 showed the questionable egg was bad too, so we went to hatching with just two left. Crossed our fingers and waited. Right on schedule, one pipped on the morning of day 21 and it hatched without problems right in the middle of the day. Second one pipped a little after that, and popped out on the morning of day 22.
I realize that others have had much better experiences with Ebay eggs, but given this ordeal with our first try with them I'm not sure we'll be trying again anytime soon. Would have definitely gone through this message board if this type of egg had been available.