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Akane,
Upon some advice from another Marans breeder,I have put the eggs with the loose air sack in the bottom of the bator,and will leave them alone for 5 days,then they go into the turning tray. I had 7 out of 36 eggs arrive to me this way and anything is worth a try.I seen just the air sack moving,as I turned the eggs on their sides,,not a lot of small bubbles,just one large sized pocket that rolled to the top side of the egg,as I moved the egg. I did not flip any eggs end for end,and all eggs were sent large side up,so the most the sacks may have moved,was when I candled them,or if the post office wizrds put the box upside down in the truck.
I did get eggs from a breeder in California,actually this is a secnd shipment of her eggs to me.this lady takes pride in her work in packaging,each egg was bubble wrapped,a layer of plastic bags like your stuff gets put in at wal-mart was about 4" deep in the bottom of the box,then the eggs were layered in,and then tightly packed plastic bags on top again. Those eggs could survive a 100' drop,,I just hope I have better luck with them this time,but if not,even thos she's on the West Coast, I will continue to buy from her,until I get the numbers of birds I need to start a good sized family with.
Upon some advice from another Marans breeder,I have put the eggs with the loose air sack in the bottom of the bator,and will leave them alone for 5 days,then they go into the turning tray. I had 7 out of 36 eggs arrive to me this way and anything is worth a try.I seen just the air sack moving,as I turned the eggs on their sides,,not a lot of small bubbles,just one large sized pocket that rolled to the top side of the egg,as I moved the egg. I did not flip any eggs end for end,and all eggs were sent large side up,so the most the sacks may have moved,was when I candled them,or if the post office wizrds put the box upside down in the truck.
I did get eggs from a breeder in California,actually this is a secnd shipment of her eggs to me.this lady takes pride in her work in packaging,each egg was bubble wrapped,a layer of plastic bags like your stuff gets put in at wal-mart was about 4" deep in the bottom of the box,then the eggs were layered in,and then tightly packed plastic bags on top again. Those eggs could survive a 100' drop,,I just hope I have better luck with them this time,but if not,even thos she's on the West Coast, I will continue to buy from her,until I get the numbers of birds I need to start a good sized family with.