Since the first time I laid eyes on a frizzle I wanted one. I've bid on ebay and checked all over for eggs or chicks. Either nobody has them or when someone does have them I don't have the money. Plus, after spending $70 on various eggs to be shipped to us and none hatched, I'm a little hesitant to buy eggs in the mail because the risk of a bad hatch is so high. So, we go to a show and there is an egg auction. And guess what they have? One dozen white cochin frizzles! So, I bid and I get out bid and we go back and forth until I win for $21. We get home and we put them in the incubator. That was on the 3rd of April. DH candled them at 7 days and said they didn't look fertile but I told him to give it a little longer. Well, we candled the other night. Out of 12 eggs not one of them was fertile. All the other eggs in the bator (12 the DH set the same time as the cochins and 7 out of 12 fertile eggs from Trader Joes) are developing and look great. The 12 eggs that DH set came from the same show from someone else. Both sets made the same car ride home and both were set at the same time. I am so disappointed and its really hard for me to think that this was just someone accidentally selling eggs that they thought were fertile. We hatch eggs from all of our birds before we sell any and know who is with who and who's eggs are fertile and who's aren't. I know it makes it worse because I really wanted them but really could someone make this kind of mistake? I know my money went to a good cause but its not like I just had $21 to give away for nothing. I'm just so frustrated.
