EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[campingshaws]

I just mailed/shipped 15 chicks to a person out west. It only cost $42 for shipping, padding and boxes.

I was amazed at the fees.


Considering how poorly we do with shipped eggs hatching. It costs $25 with packing boxes and sleeves to send a dozen eggs. If you get 50% on the hatch you do well.

If the eggs are $40  a dozen  (my legbar egg price) it comes to apx $10.85 a chick.

If you buy 6 chicks at $15 each.  Of course they get a portion of the shipping fees added on to them.  Just seems more reliable to me. 

Have any others of you tried shipping chicks? I was surprised how smooth it went.

I haven't, but I'm gearing up to try.

 

[Pensmaster]

I just mailed/shipped 15 chicks to a person out west. It only cost $42 for shipping, padding and boxes.

I was amazed at the fees.


Considering how poorly we do with shipped eggs hatching. It costs $25 with packing boxes and sleeves to send a dozen eggs. If you get 50% on the hatch you do well.

If the eggs are $40  a dozen  (my legbar egg price) it comes to apx $10.85 a chick.

If you buy 6 chicks at $15 each.  Of course they get a portion of the shipping fees added on to them.  Just seems more reliable to me. 

Have any others of you tried shipping chicks? I was surprised how smooth it went.

I've had a hen shipped to me. $45 she was no worse for the wear. Took right to eating.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

How mutch cold I get for pure breed sizzles.and what do u call a frizzle crossed with a naked neck

 

[duluthralphie]

How mutch cold I get for pure breed sizzles.and what do u call a frizzle crossed with a naked neck

A buck or two in the right place for the frizzle,,and a frizzle crossed with a NN is called a "Mutt".

 

[BantyChooks]

a frizzle crossed with a NN is called a "Mutt".

Beat me to it.

 

[dan26552]

She's got somewhere between six and twelve, she won't let me count them though so I'm not sure.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

A buck or two in the right place for the frizzle,,and a frizzle crossed with a NN is called a "Mutt".

X2

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Got some eggies today

 

[duluthralphie]

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Originally Posted by DwayneNLiz





Got some eggies today


Fingers crossed o the hatch rate being high!! Good Luck.. I thought they looked bluer than that.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Fingers crossed o the hatch rate being high!!  Good Luck..  I thought they looked bluer than that.

maybe in shipping they lost some pigment? Lol no idea

My last shipped eggs I got 87.5% hatch so hopefully I will get at least 50% this time