Peacock eggs don't ship like chicken eggs do. They are too fragile.
E-Bay Peacock egg sellers
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I was planning to sell and ship peafowl eggs this year but decided against it. There are too many people that will blame the seller/shipper for the actions of the USPS or for their own failures in incubating. The more you research shipping pea eggs the more risky the proposition plays out for both parties.
Too many people think that every egg hatches, they don't, even when not shipped.
I had a guy drive out and buy a dozen pea and chicken eggs this year, he bought an incubator on his way home and set them. A month later he called and complained that none of the eggs were any good, not one egg hatched. He is convinced that I knowingly sold him bad eggs in an effort to rip him off, and is unwilling to admit that he may have not done something right. After all, all you have to do is set the eggs in the bator and they hatch, right?
Too many people think that every egg hatches, they don't, even when not shipped.
I had a guy drive out and buy a dozen pea and chicken eggs this year, he bought an incubator on his way home and set them. A month later he called and complained that none of the eggs were any good, not one egg hatched. He is convinced that I knowingly sold him bad eggs in an effort to rip him off, and is unwilling to admit that he may have not done something right. After all, all you have to do is set the eggs in the bator and they hatch, right?
Good idea. I cringe when I see people spending $60 on eggs...its really nobody's fault probably they are fresh and fertile they just a) are fragile and b) hard to incubate.
I met a person at the Poultry auction I bought Ice from and they told me about a peafowl breeder that sold him eggs, and none of them hatched. He was wondering if I knew something that could have went wrong and I asked did you have water or any humidity in the incubator and he told me no. I asked him what the temp was for his eggs. He said it was 85 and he didn't want to cook the eggs. I told him the temp needs to be around 100 degrees and he said that's too hot for them.
Even chicken eggs do not do well i won 6 here and got a dozen, all air cells detached, all but 2 started to develop buy not one made it.
I've shipped 15 chicken eggs from FL to CA and the lady had 100% hatch rate. Depends on how they're packed, handled, and the health of the hen...
How do you package them? I would prefer to just have the peachicks though they would be more expensive depending on the variety than hatching eggs.
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IMO buying shipped eggs is a losing proposition. Consider the cost of the eggs, shipping and hatch rate and it is cheaper to buy chicks of the kind you want as opposed to surprises.
IMO buying shipped eggs is a losing proposition. Consider the cost of the eggs, shipping and hatch rate and it is cheaper to buy chicks of the kind you want as opposed to surprises.
Absolutely only problem is sometimes what you want is 400 miles away. I bought 15 eggs once hatched 10 all females and still had to drive from MS to FL. As far as shipping eggs be prepared to be called every name in the book. I ship eggs never older than 24 hrs old most experienced hatchers get 70% so I ship a couple extra. But every year there is some Newby that I tried to talk out of hatching that will insult me saying none of the eggs from 5 different 4yr old pens was fertile. If they asked for help I would help them with their incubator and even ship them chicks but instead they just call you names.
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