Eggs enter the mail stream Tuesday expect receipt by Friday

[WVduckchick]

You don't *have* to let the eggs sit at all. I've popped them right into the incubator. But if the air cells are really loose or saddled, leaving them sitting upright for a day or 2 can help. You can also start incubating, but don't move/turn them for the first day or so.

Your eggs, your decision.

 

[Barry42001]

Okay it's been 5 days of incubation the with some vascularization showing not really alot to see you this early stage except watching the veins and arteries spread out and of course there's a little tiny embryo in the middle no secrets are discernible but that's to be expected the egg color is brown and that's always a little more difficult to see through little buff orpingtons in the making

 

[Barry42001]

Movement. " their alive, their alive "

 

[WVduckchick]

 

[Barry42001]

Well out of 12 eggs. 1 smashed 1 was ozing foul smelling goo, 5 showing no indication of development remaining are developing suspose 40 percent not bad for shipped eggs.

 

[Barry42001]

Well that's a bit discouraging of the five eggs that are left only two show positive signs of developing that is to say movement of the embryo in that sort of thing the rest are not

 

[WVduckchick]

Well that's a bit discouraging of the five eggs that are left only two show positive signs of developing that is to say movement of the embryo in that sort of thing the rest are not

Thanks to our lovely postal service.

I still hope you get some to hatch.

 

[Barry42001]

I don't particularly when the post office they weren't packed exactly the way I would have packed eggs for shipping wrapped in bubble wrap and left to lose on the bottom of the box and then stuff bubble wrap over top of them that's not the way you do things with eggs anyway

 

[WVduckchick]

I don't particularly when the post office they weren't packed exactly the way I would have packed eggs for shipping wrapped in bubble wrap and left to lose on the bottom of the box and then stuff bubble wrap over top of them that's not the way you do things with eggs anyway

Have to agree with you.

I use pine shavings. Each egg individually wrapped in bubble wrap, then wedged securely down in the shavings. Most times i double box also.

 

[Barry42001]

I have received eggs in a foam padded container individual holes for each egg and then each egg was wrapped in bubble wrap designs and then bubble wrap on top of the eggs and under on the bottom that would seem to be a very secure way of doing things