Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

I am way behind on this thread.

But anyone have a preference for cabinet incubators and why one vs the other?

I prefer my cabinet cooler incubator

its cheap its perfect and it WORKS and I dont have to keep messing adding water!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: If your serious about your plans, buy the chicks if she can guarantee them. if not check into the usps policy

 

[sharron]

I only ever got eggs in the foam once, there were four broken, my worst shipped eggs ever. Most dont pack them in foam that have perfect size openings, so its a big issue, they either crush them or they roll out!! so I prefer bubble wrap leaving and end open for breathing, and in newspapers or foam on the bottom, and then double box and supporting the box with either empty plastic egg cartons and/or newspaper. if you can keep in a 12" box or under for the outer box you are good as far as shipping costs.

If you sell more than a dozen I highly suggest charging actually shipping costs, example, a heavy heavy box and over 12" is charged about 39.00 from PA to CA..... so be cautious when selling two dozen as far as pricing.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:

Hi Sharron, back from the looooonnnnnggggg nice warm vacation away from home????

 

[sharron]

Hi Sharron, back from the looooonnnnnggggg nice warm vacation away from home????

loveit
yeah,back, but the vacation was quite cold at times, altho was 76 day we left

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: It was still much better than this mess all ummm fall and winter!!!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: It was still much better than this mess all ummm fall and winter!!!
Yup...

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Well I just cracked open the eggs in my box bator and most had quit early, but #13 the poor baby.... It was fully formed and pretty much ready to hatch... It made me really sick to see. It had turned in it's egg and was in position to start only to be killed by a temp spike.

 

[subhanalah]

So sad. How do you know it was a temperature spike that caused it?

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

So sad. How do you know it was a temperature spike that caused it?

When I came home Friday night the temps were 108* in the box and it had been at least 5 hours since they had been checked.