All quitters?

[bangarain]

Hello everyone! It’s day 7 for my newest batch of 7 eggs, and I am not feeling so hot about this. 3 failed to develop at all, and I don’t think the remaining 4 are looking so good…
The post office made a big mistake. Instead of calling us to pickup, as was written on the box, my eggs went for a long, cold, bumpy ride before they were delivered. I was hoping it wouldn’t hurt them, but…

 

[SilverBirds]

They look really sloshy. How often are they being turned? I'm not sure they are alive anymore but hang on for just a few more days.

 

[bangarain]

They look really sloshy. How often are they being turned? I'm not sure they are alive anymore but hang on for just a few more days.

Every 45 minutes, autoturner

 

[SilverBirds]

Every 45 minutes, autoturner

Then I think the shipping may have messed them up or something. Keep incubating them until they are about 10-12 days old. If you are seeing no change then I'd toss them.

 

[Tonyroo]

Developing embryo would not wobble like that from turning it. The eggs with a black dot can be trashed, those are quitters. Probably happened on day 4 or 5. From what I can see they look like there disintegrating.

 

[Tonyroo]

I hope you didn't spend a fortune for them.

 

[bangarain]

It depends on your definition of a fortune, I suppose. They were $55 for the lot, which for me is certainly a lot. I'm pretty devastated. The first round I had 3/7 make it to lockdown, and 2 healthy babies hatch, and I was cool with that since they were shipped eggs...but I really think the post office's mistake wrecked these guys.

 

[kurby22]

I would wait until Day 10, just to be sure. I have a bunch of shipped eggs and they all look super funky but have moving embryos inside that I had written off on Day 7. Still May quit or already quit, but I like to wait longer just in case!

 

[Tonyroo]

It depends on your definition of a fortune, I suppose. They were $55 for the lot, which for me is certainly a lot. I'm pretty devastated. The first round I had 3/7 make it to lockdown, and 2 healthy babies hatch, and I was cool with that since they were shipped eggs...but I really think the post office's mistake wrecked these guys.

I agree, I spent $65 on greenfirefarms breed eggs last year. The usps scrambled all the fertile eggs. I know how you feel.

 

[SilverBirds]

I too have spent over $70 on a dozen eggs to only have two chicks hatch. Shipped eggs are a gamble.