Ok, I candled my shipped eggs on day 7 for the turkey and day 6 for the d'Uccles, and most of the little guys are growing!!!! Oh my gosh, the excitement!
I was a bit worried about the turkeys not showing any development, but after doing a little googling found it's better to candle them at day 10 to 12. They grow more slowly. They are also harder to ship and hatch successfully I've heard, so
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I've done SO MUCH differently with this bator full of eggs than the others, almost all due to BYC, and looks like it was good information! I was getting tired of spending $$ for eggs to feed to my (very thankful) dog.
Darn good thing her coat is looking better, or I'd be even more
I still think the failures were due mostly to the USPS, but at least now I have a battle plan for dealing with some of the damages they cause. So far I haven't seen any eggs scrambled like SS and others have, so barring that unconquerable situation I'm keeping a bit of hope for shipped eggs. Still think it's a better idea to go with local eggs or at least breeders in nearby states though. Lots of little tricks to help get the eggs through the USPS alive might have helped these latter eggs too.
I've done SO MUCH differently with this bator full of eggs than the others, almost all due to BYC, and looks like it was good information! I was getting tired of spending $$ for eggs to feed to my (very thankful) dog.
I still think the failures were due mostly to the USPS, but at least now I have a battle plan for dealing with some of the damages they cause. So far I haven't seen any eggs scrambled like SS and others have, so barring that unconquerable situation I'm keeping a bit of hope for shipped eggs. Still think it's a better idea to go with local eggs or at least breeders in nearby states though. Lots of little tricks to help get the eggs through the USPS alive might have helped these latter eggs too.
