Chances of Eggs Hatching?

[Kailani]

Okay, so I ordered 12 various bantam eggs in the mail a couple weeks ago, and today is day one of the lockdown period. About a week ago we candled the eggs, and I'm a little nervous at what we found. The guy we ordered them from said they're fertalized, but on like half of them when we move it around it looks like its a yoke jiggling inside! On the others we see a little black dot moving around that we know is a chick, but only three of those we are sure of! The rest we have no idea about. How many eggs do you think will hatch... if any? im hoping most of them will hatch... i got the eggs for my mom for mothers day because she's obsessed with miniature things (she wants a miniature horse farm IN our house ) and her last two bantams she had to give away cuz they were roosters, and we're not zoned for roosters. so anyways, please reply asap. I want to prepare her for the worst.

P.S. last weekend we found out that the incubator temp was at 107***********!!! only for 3-4 hours though. Chances of survival???

Thanks!

 

[sumi]

It's hard to guess, to be honest. Shipped eggs usually have a 50% hatch rate, but it can be better or worse. It really depends on how old the eggs were and how well (or not) the package was handled. Then there are loads of other factors that can influence hatchability. When exactly did you set and candle them?

The temperature issue you had probably didn't do them any harm, if it was only for a short period. I've had chicks survive temperature spikes higher than that before.

 

[3BirdGirlz]

107 yikes! I'm not sure how that's going to affect the hatch...wait and see. When it comes to live eggs, you should see mostly dark in the egg when candling at this stage with a few visible veins near the top by the air sack. If you have clear ones with no movement or veins...those are duds and should be tossed. When I started incubating eggs, I looked on-line for pictures what the egg should look like when candling. Very helpful! You want to make sure you're not leaving bad eggs in the incubator so they don't contaminate the other eggs. After that's it's just watch and wait...good luck!

 

[Kailani]

Most recent candling was on Sunday.

They took a couple days to ship, and were placed in the incubator the day after.

They were packaged like this: individually wrapped in newspaper, and placed in an egg carton. put in a small sized box filled with packing peanuts.

 

[AvianEgo]

Im confused. Are they in lock down or did you just put them in there a week ago?
If they are truly in lock down you should see more than just a little black dot moving around. That is what you usually see on day 7-12.
At lock down you should see a large dark mass with some plump veins near the air cell.