A small batch of eggs (coturnix or button) with an unconventional shipping method? Awhile back, someone said something about using popcorn instead of paper, then the shipee could just feed it to their birds as a treat, or feed it to the wild birds. I just want to try this.
What do I need from you?
1. Space for enough eggs (whatever I have available, probably between 5-20 eggs) in a reliable incubator.
2. Quail hatching experience (buttons and coturnix preferred).
3. Updates on how the eggs arrived. I will candle before shipping and won't send any cracked eggs, I expect them to be candled upon arrival for cracks.
4. Updates on how the hatch progresses. If any eggs quit or fail to develop, I need the participant to open each egg and look for the bullseye to check to see if it was a fertility issue or damage during shipping. PLEASE open them carefully, if the yolks were scrambled during shipping, I need to know if it was due to shipping or due to "mishandling" after they arrived!
5. Total count of hatched chicks. I also want a count of how many have bloodspots, a quit chick (a guesstimate on early or late stage quitter), a count on any who pipped the membrane and not the egg, or pipped and quit, etc.
Basically, anyone who is up for it must be incredibly detail oriented, and must be able to look at a yolk on a button or coturnix egg and find a bullseye (or the infertile spot). Magnifiers aren't an issue, I just need someone who knows what they're doing. Participant must also be available to pick the eggs up when I send them out (so that they don't sit in the weather), though I will let you know the day they go out, so it should be 1-2 days afterwards.
What do you get out of all of this work? I'll send the eggs to you completely free of charge, however, if the shipment does not work, I will not ship another package.
The free shipping is why I want someone close, so that it minimizes shipping cost. I don't know how many eggs I will send, and the choice of button or coturnix eggs will be entirely up to me (actually, up to the girls really).
So... are you up for the challenge? If so, let me know where you're at (state and zip). The very first person may not necessarily be the person that I choose. I may even choose one person very close, then test out another batch a little farther away if it works, but for right now, I want someone close.
What do I need from you?
1. Space for enough eggs (whatever I have available, probably between 5-20 eggs) in a reliable incubator.
2. Quail hatching experience (buttons and coturnix preferred).
3. Updates on how the eggs arrived. I will candle before shipping and won't send any cracked eggs, I expect them to be candled upon arrival for cracks.
4. Updates on how the hatch progresses. If any eggs quit or fail to develop, I need the participant to open each egg and look for the bullseye to check to see if it was a fertility issue or damage during shipping. PLEASE open them carefully, if the yolks were scrambled during shipping, I need to know if it was due to shipping or due to "mishandling" after they arrived!
5. Total count of hatched chicks. I also want a count of how many have bloodspots, a quit chick (a guesstimate on early or late stage quitter), a count on any who pipped the membrane and not the egg, or pipped and quit, etc.
Basically, anyone who is up for it must be incredibly detail oriented, and must be able to look at a yolk on a button or coturnix egg and find a bullseye (or the infertile spot). Magnifiers aren't an issue, I just need someone who knows what they're doing. Participant must also be available to pick the eggs up when I send them out (so that they don't sit in the weather), though I will let you know the day they go out, so it should be 1-2 days afterwards.
What do you get out of all of this work? I'll send the eggs to you completely free of charge, however, if the shipment does not work, I will not ship another package.
The free shipping is why I want someone close, so that it minimizes shipping cost. I don't know how many eggs I will send, and the choice of button or coturnix eggs will be entirely up to me (actually, up to the girls really).
So... are you up for the challenge? If so, let me know where you're at (state and zip). The very first person may not necessarily be the person that I choose. I may even choose one person very close, then test out another batch a little farther away if it works, but for right now, I want someone close.
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My incubator will be free and cleaned on Monday. My zip is 85014. 
